Consequences of Essential Fatty Acids

Consequences of Essential Fatty Acids

Essential fatty acids (EFA) are nutrients that form an amazingly large array of bioactive mediators that act on a large family of selective receptors. Nearly every cell and tissue in the human body expresses at least one of these receptors, allowing EFA-based signaling to influence nearly every aspe...

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Main Author: Bill Lands
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-09-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
arachidonic
bioactive mediators
cardiovascular
desaturase
eicosanoids
healthcare claims
highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA)
immune-inflammatory
leukotrienes
linoleic acid
omega-3 (n-3)
omega-6 (n-6)
prostaglandins
polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
selective receptors
signal transduction
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/4/9/1338

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