Rat heart cannot synthesize docosahexaenoic acid from circulating α-linolenic acid because it lacks elongase-2
The extent to which the heart can convert α-linolenic acid (α-LNA, 18:3n-3) to longer chain n-3 PUFAs is not known. Conversion rates can be measured in vivo using radiolabeled α-LNA and a kinetic fatty acid model. [1-14C]α-LNA was infused intravenously for 5 min in unanesthetized rats that had been...
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| Natura: | Artigo |
| Lingua: | Inglês |
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Elsevier
2008-08-01
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| Serie: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Accesso online: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520346927 |
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