Dietary supplementation of very long-chain n-3 fatty acids decreases whole body lipid utilization in the rat

Rats were fed lard or n-3 fatty acid-supplemented diets ad libitum to study whole body oxidation of lipid and carbohydrate. One group of male rats was fed 21% fat (by weight) containing 19.5% lard and sufficient amounts of essential fatty acids (1.5%). Another group of rats had 6.5% of the lard repl...

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Main Authors: AC Rustan, BE Hustvedt, CA Drevon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1993-08-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520369601