Associations between dietary n-6 and n-3 fatty acids and arachidonic acid compositions in plasma and erythrocytes in young and elderly Japanese volunteers

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We reported that the compositions of arachidonic acid (ARA) in erythrocytes and plasma phospholipids (PL) in the elderly were lower than those in the young, though the ARA intake was nearly identical.</p> <p>Objective<...

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Main Authors: Kawabata Terue, Hirota Satoko, Hirayama Tomoko, Adachi Naoko, Kaneko Yoshinori, Iwama Noriko, Kamachi Keiko, Araki Eiji, Kawashima Hiroshi, Kiso Yoshinobu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/10/1/138