Nutritional Sciences
- Volume 4 Issue 1
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- Pages.3-12
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- 2001
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- 1229-232X(pISSN)
Effects of $\omega$ 6 and $\omega$ 3 Fatty Acid Diets on the Fatty Acid Composition of the Mesenteric and Subcutaneous Fat of Lactating Rats
- Chung, Hae-Yun (Department of Food & Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University) ;
- Chung, Eun-Jung (General Education, Kangnam University) ;
- Lee, Yang-Cha-Kim (Department of Food & Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University)
- Published : 2001.05.01
Abstract
Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) are important components of brain phospholipds and play important role (s) in brain function. In rats, the maximum brain growth occurs during the period of lactation even though it happens during the third trimester of gestation in human. Since milk contained docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) even through the maternal diet had no DHA and/or a very small amount of its precursor,
Keywords
- mesenteric fat;
- subcutaneous fat;
- lactatig rat;
- $\omega$6 and $\omega$3 fatty acids;
- docosahexaenoic acid