Plant- and marine-derived n−3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have differential effects on fasting and postprandial blood lipid concentrations and on the susceptibility of LDL to oxidative modification in moderately hyperlipidemic subjects
Author(s) -
Yvonne Finnegan,
Anne Marie Minihane,
Elizabeth C. Leigh-Firbank,
Samantha Kew,
Gert W. Meijer,
Reto Müggli,
Philip C. Calder,
Christine M. Williams
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/77.4.783
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fatty acid , postprandial , docosahexaenoic acid , eicosapentaenoic acid , medicine , endocrinology , chemistry , antioxidant , blood lipids , food science , fatty acid , biochemistry , insulin , cholesterol
Dietary alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) can be converted to long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in humans and may reproduce some of the beneficial effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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