Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid sources and evaluation of their nutritional and functional properties

Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 443-463

  Abedi, Elahe ^a   Sahari, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; nutritional and functional properties; sources; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926505002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.121     Document Type: Review

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