Omega-3 long chain fatty acid "bioavailability": A review of evidence and methodological considerations

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-108

  Ghasemifard, Samaneh ^a   Turchini, Giovanni M ^b   Sinclair, Andrew J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DHA; EPA; Ethyl esters; Krill oil; Phospholipids; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ESTER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXCRETION; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

EUPHAUSIACEA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84909996616     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: 18732194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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