Increased dietary >α-linolenic acid has sex-specific effects upon eicosapentaenoic acid status in humans: Re-examination of data from a randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Childs, Caroline E ^a   Kew, Samantha ^a   Finnegan, Yvonne E ^b   Minihane, Anne M ^b,c   Leigh Firbank, Elizabeth C ^b   Williams, Christine M ^b   Calder, Philip C ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Sex; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLACEBOS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84965083185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-113     Document Type: Article

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