A transgenic camelina sativa seed oil effectively replaces fish oil as a dietary source of eicosapentaenoic acid in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 227-235

  Tejera, Noemi ^a   Vauzour, David ^a,b   Betancor, Monica B ^c   Sayanova, Olga ^d   Usher, Sarah ^d   Cochard, Marianne ^a   Rigby, Neil ^b   Ruiz Lopez, Noemi ^e   Menoyo, David ^e   Tocher, Douglas R ^c   Napier, Johnathan A ^d   Minihane, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Camelina oil; Desaturation; DHA; EPA; Fads; Fish oil; N 3 PUFA; Sustainability; TG sn 2; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; CAMELINA SATIVA SEED OIL; FISH OIL; GLUCOSE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPID; LIVER X RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1BETA; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRASSICACEAE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRASSICACEAE; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FISH OILS; LIVER; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PPAR ALPHA; PPAR GAMMA; SEEDS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84959283225     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.223941     Document Type: Article

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