Metabolic fate (absorption, β-oxidation and deposition) of long-chain n-3 fatty acids is affected by sex and by the oil source (krill oil or fish oil) in the rat

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 684-692

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

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DHA; DPA; EPA; Krill oil; Metabolic fate; Sex; Tissue deposition

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FAT; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; KRILL OIL; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FAT INTAKE; OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG MUSCLE LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FISH; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KRILL; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHARMACOKINETICS; RANDOMIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EUPHAUSIACEA; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FISHES; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; OILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84940576273     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515002457     Document Type: Article

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