Docosahexaenoic acid

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-21

  Calder, Philip C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Fish; Fish oil; Lactation; Life course; Omega 3; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; LINOLENIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST MILK; CELL MEMBRANE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FISH; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEAT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SEA FOOD; VISION; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; SEAFOOD; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84996480110     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000448262     Document Type: Article

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