Omega-3 fatty acids: Physiology, biological sources and potential applications in supportive cancer care

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-244

  Pottel, L ^a,b   Lycke, M ^a,b   Boterberg, T ^b   Foubert, I ^c   Pottel, H ^c   Duprez, F ^b   Goethals, L ^a   Debruyne, P R ^a  

^a Groeninge Hospital   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Omega 3 fatty acids; Plant sources; Supportive cancer care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIDONIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADVANCED CANCER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARINE SPECIES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84896709052     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-013-9309-1     Document Type: Review

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