N-3 fatty acids and chylomicron metabolism in the rat
Dietary n-3 fatty acids (FAs) reduce postprandial triacylglycerol concentrations in humans by unknown mechanisms. Our goals were to reproduce this phenomenon in the rat, and then to determine the mechanism. In an oral fat tolerance study two groups of rats were fed diets containing 2.1% ethyl esters...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1997-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520372588 |