Increasing dietary α-linolenic acid enhances tissue levels of long-chain n-3 PUFA when linoleic acid intake is low in hamsters.

Alfred Aziz,Cristina Cruz-Hernandez,Louise J. Plouffe,Valerie Casey,Chaowu Xiao,W. M. Nimal Ratnayake

Increasing dietary α-linolenic acid enhances tissue levels of long-chain n-3 PUFA when linoleic acid intake is low in hamsters.

2010

Alfred Aziz
Cristina Cruz-Hernandez
Louise J. Plouffe
Valerie Casey
Chaowu Xiao
W. M. Nimal Ratnayake

Background/Aims: We tested whether feeding hamsters diets varying in α-linolenic acid (ALA) content and low in linoleic acid (LA) could increase the tissue levels of eicosapentaenoi

Keywords:

Endocrinology
Diabetes mellitus
Linolenic acid
Internal medicine
Medicine
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Linoleic acid
Docosahexaenoic acid
Eicosapentaenoic acid
Arachidonic acid
Fish oil
α-linolenic acid
Linoleic acid intake
long chain

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