Dietary supplementation with eicosapentaenoic acid, but not with other long-chain n-3 or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, decreases natural killer cell activity in healthy subjects aged >55 y
Background: Animal studies showed that dietary flaxseed oil [rich in the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid {alpha}-linolenic acid (ALA)], evening primrose oil [rich in the n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid {gamma}-linolenic acid (GLA)], and fish oil [rich in the long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids...
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2001-03.
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