Open AccessGender Differences in the Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Status: Systematic Review of 51 Publications
Author(s) -
Szimonetta Lohner,
Katalin Fekete,
Tamás Marosvölgyi,
Tamás Decsi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of nutrition and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1421-9697
pISSN - 0250-6807
DOI - 10.1159/000345599
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fatty acid , systematic review , long chain , fatty acid , biochemistry , medicine , biology , medline , chemistry , polymer science
Sex hormones may influence the activity of enzymes which are involved in the synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. The objective of this review was to assess the role of gender in determining the fatty acid composition of human samples, like plasma and erythrocyte membrane lipids, and adipose tissue.
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