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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Main Authors: W S Harris, B E Hustvedt, E Hagen, M H Green, G Lu, C A Drevon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1997-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520372588