Effects of beef- and fish-based diets on the kinetics of n−3 fatty acid metabolism in human subjects
Author(s) -
Robert J. Pawlosky,
Joseph R. Hibbeln,
Yuhong Lin,
Susan Goodson,
Patti A. Riggs,
Nancy G. Sebring,
Gerald L. Brown,
Norman Salem
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/77.3.565
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fatty acid , metabolism , fatty acid , food science , chemistry , biochemistry , long chain , fatty acid metabolism , fish oil , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , polymer science
The quantity and type of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) can alter essential fatty acid metabolism in humans. Diets rich in 20- and 22-carbon PUFAs may inhibit desaturase expression or activity and decrease the synthesis of long-chain unsaturated fatty acids.
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