Discovery of essential fatty acids
Dietary fat was recognized as a good source of energy and fat-soluble vitamins by the first part of the 20th century, but fatty acids were not considered to be essential nutrients because they could be synthesized from dietary carbohydrate. This well-established view was challenged in 1929 by George...
Main Authors: | Arthur A. Spector, Hee-Yong Kim |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520356364 |
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