Fatty acid supply with complementary foods and LC-PUFA status in healthy infants: results of a randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1633-1644

  Libuda, Lars ^a   Mesch, Christina M ^a   Stimming, Madlen ^a   Demmelmair, Hans ^b   Koletzko, Berthold ^b   Warschburger, Petra ^c   Blanke, Katharina ^d   Reischl, Eva ^e   Kalhoff, Hermann ^d   Kersting, Mathilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d Pediatric Clinic   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid; Complementary feeding; Complementary food; DHA; DHA status; Fish; Rapeseed oil

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; LINOLENIC ACID; RAPESEED OIL; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CANOLA OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMONINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TERM BIRTH; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; FISH; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEA FOOD;

ADULT; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FEMALE; FISHES; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT OILS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84971632053     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-0982-2     Document Type: Article

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