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Medical Uses Of Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)
Author(s) -
HORROBIN DAVID F.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
veterinary dermatology
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1365-3164
pISSN - 0959-4493
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3164.1993.tb00212.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gynecology , diabetes mellitus , humanities , endocrinology , philosophy
— In 1956 Sinclair suggested that abnormalities of EFA metabolism might be the basis of many of the unsolved diseases which particularly affect Western societies, notably cardiovascular and inflammatory disorders and cancer. Dismissed as a crank for about 25 years, Sinclair is now being recognised as a percipient pioneer. Recent evidence for the roles of EFAs in cancer, vascular disease, diabetic complications and inflammatory disorders such as atopic eczema and arthritis is discussed. Resumen En 1956, Sinclair sugirió que la causa de algunos enfermedades que afectaban al mundo occidental podría ser abnormalidades del metabolismo de los EFA, en particular, enfermedades cardiovasculares, inflamatorias y cancer. Por un periodo de 25 años sus teorías fueron rechazadas, sin embargo hoy se le cdrisidera un pionero en la materia. El reciente descubrimiento del papel de los EFA en cancer, enfermedades cardiovasculares, complicaciones de la diabetes y disórdenes inflamatorios (como arthritis y eczema), se discute en éste artículo.