Breast milk from women living near Lake Malawi is high in docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-78

  Yakes Jimenez, E ^a   Mangani, C ^b,c,d   Ashorn, P ^c,d   Harris, W S ^e   Maleta, K ^b   Dewey, K G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; DHA; Fish; Infant; LCPUFA; Maternal

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LAKE; MALAWI; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMON; USIPA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYPRINIDAE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAKES; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; SALMON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924864679     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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