Whole body synthesis rates of DHA from -linolenic acid are greater than brain DHA accretion and uptake rates in adult rats

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-74

  Domenichiello, Anthony F ^a   Chen, Chuck T ^a   Trepanier, Marc Olivier ^a   Mark Stavro, P ^b   Bazinet, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Bunge Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

A linolenic acid; Brain; Conversion; Docosahexaenoic acid; Kinetics; Liver; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

A-LINOLENIC-ACID; BRAIN; CONVERSION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; KINETICS; LIVER; SYNTHESIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84891367872     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M042275     Document Type: Article

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