Formula feeding potentiates docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acid biosynthesis in term and preterm baboon neonates

Formula feeding potentiates docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acid biosynthesis in term and preterm baboon neonates

Infant formulas supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA) are now available in the United States; however, little is known about the factors that affect biosynthesis. Baboon neonates were assigned to one of four treatments: term, breast-fed; term, formula-fed; preterm (...

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Main Authors: Eszter Sarkadi-Nagy, Vasuki Wijendran, Guan Yeu Diau, Angela Chueh Chao, Andrea T. Hsieh, Anu Turpeinen, Peter Lawrence, Peter W. Nathanielsz, J. Thomas Brenna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-01-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
stable isotope tracers
isotope ratio mass spectrometry
n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
n-6 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520319222

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