The various roles of fatty acids

CCCR De Carvalho, MJ Caramujo - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lipids comprise a large group of chemically heterogeneous compounds. The majority have
fatty acids (FA) as part of their structure, making these compounds suitable tools to examine …

Food and nutrition in India: facts and interpretations

A Deaton, J Drèze - Economic and political weekly, 2009 - JSTOR
This paper reviews recent evidence on food intake and nutrition in India. It attempts to make
sense of various puzzles, particularly the decline of average calorie intake during the last 25 …

Soybean oil: genetic approaches for modification of functionality and total content

TE Clemente, EB Cahoon - Plant physiology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
World consumption of soybean (Glycine max) in 2008 was over 221 million metric tons, with
approximately 50% of this supply coming from US production, where soybean plantings on …

The role of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in health and disease of the retina

JP SanGiovanni, EY Chew - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2005 - Elsevier
In this work we advance the hypothesis that omega-3 (ω-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty
acids (LCPUFAs) exhibit cytoprotective and cytotherapeutic actions contributing to a number …

Innovative natural functional ingredients from microalgae

M Plaza, M Herrero, A Cifuentes… - Journal of agricultural …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, a wide variety of compounds such as polyphenols, polyunsaturated fatty acids
(PUFA), or phytosterols obtained, for example, from wine, fish byproducts, or plants are …

[HTML][HTML] Role of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in human nutrition and health: Review of recent studies and recommendations

P Van Dael - Nutrition research and practice, 2021 - synapse.koreamed.org
Abstract Long-chain (LC) n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), in particular
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), are nutrients involved in …

Potential of chicken by-products as sources of useful biological resources

A Lasekan, FA Bakar, D Hashim - Waste management, 2013 - Elsevier
By-products from different animal sources are currently being utilised for beneficial
purposes. Chicken processing plants all over the world generate large amount of solid by …

Beneficial effects and oxidative stability of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

E Arab-Tehrany, M Jacquot, C Gaiani, M Imran… - Trends in Food Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), especially long-chain eicosapentaenoic
(EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) fatty acids, exert a strong positive influence on human …

Role of omega-3 fatty acids in brain development and function: potential implications for the pathogenesis and prevention of psychopathology

RK McNamara, SE Carlson - Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential …, 2006 - Elsevier
The principle omega-3 fatty acid in brain, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), accumulates in the
brain during perinatal cortical expansion and maturation. Animal studies have demonstrated …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolism of very long-chain fatty acids: genes and pathophysiology

T Sassa, A Kihara - Biomolecules & therapeutics, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fatty acids (FAs) are highly diverse in terms of carbon (C) chain-length and number of
double bonds. FAs with C> 20 are called very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs). VLCFAs are …