Is the world supply of omega-3 fatty acids adequate for optimal human nutrition?

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-154

  Salem, Norman ^a   Eggersdorfer, Manfred ^a  

^a DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fish oil availability; Microbial eicosapentaenoic acid docosahexaenoic acid production; Supply of omega 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALGAL OIL; CANOLA OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; KRILL OIL; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; RAPESEED OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; STEARIDONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANCHOVY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84922650631     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000145     Document Type: Article

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