Allometric scaling of dietary linoleic acid on changes in tissue arachidonic acid using human equivalent diets in mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is hypothesized that dietary linoleic acid (LA) promotes chronic and acute diseases in humans by enriching tissues with arachidonic acid (AA), its downstream metabolite, and dietary studies with rodents have been useful for valida...

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Main Authors: Whelan Jay, Weldon Kylie A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/8/1/43