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Differences in arachidonic acid levels and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene variants in African Ame...

Differences in arachidonic acid levels and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene variants in African Ame...

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Differences in arachidonic acid levels and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene variants in African Americans and European Americans with diabetes or the metabolic syndrome

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Full title

Differences in arachidonic acid levels and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene variants in African Americans and European Americans with diabetes or the metabolic syndrome

Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

British journal of nutrition, 2012-02, Vol.107 (4), p.547-555

Language

English

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Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Over the past 50 years, increases in dietary n-6 PUFA, such as linoleic acid, have been hypothesised to cause or exacerbate chronic inflammatory diseases. The present study examines an individual's innate capacity to synthesise n-6 long-chain PUFA (LC-PUFA) with respect to the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) locus in Americans of African and European...

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Full title

Differences in arachidonic acid levels and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene variants in African Americans and European Americans with diabetes or the metabolic syndrome

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3494092

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3494092

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ISSN

0007-1145,1475-2662

E-ISSN

1475-2662

DOI

10.1017/S0007114511003230

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