 alpha-Linolenic Acid
"alpha-Linolenic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A fatty acid that is found in plants and involved in the formation of prostaglandins.
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D017962
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.302.380.410.100 D10.251.355.310.640.400 D10.251.355.337.100
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Linolenic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Chilton FH, Dutta R, Reynolds LM, Sergeant S, Mathias RA, Seeds MC. Precision Nutrition and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Case for Personalized Supplementation Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Human Diseases. Nutrients. 2017 Oct 25; 9(11).
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Ferchaud-Roucher V, Rudolph MC, Jansson T, Powell TL. Fatty acid and lipid profiles in primary human trophoblast over 90h in culture. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2017 Jun; 121:14-20.
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Lin Z, Roede JR, He C, Jones DP, Filipov NM. Short-term oral atrazine exposure alters the plasma metabolome of male C57BL/6 mice and disrupts a-linolenate, tryptophan, tyrosine and other major metabolic pathways. Toxicology. 2014 Dec 04; 326:130-41.
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Perng W, Villamor E, Mora-Plazas M, Marin C, Baylin A. Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is inversely related to development of adiposity in school-age children. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015 Feb; 69(2):167-72.
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Howard TD, Mathias RA, Seeds MC, Herrington DM, Hixson JE, Shimmin LC, Hawkins GA, Sellers M, Ainsworth HC, Sergeant S, Miller LR, Chilton FH. DNA methylation in an enhancer region of the FADS cluster is associated with FADS activity in human liver. PLoS One. 2014; 9(5):e97510.
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Nelson TL, Hokanson JE, Hickey MS. Omega-3 fatty acids and lipoprotein associated phospholipase A(2) in healthy older adult males and females. Eur J Nutr. 2011 Apr; 50(3):185-93.
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Kris-Etherton P, Eckel RH, Howard BV, St Jeor S, Bazzarre TL. AHA Science Advisory: Lyon Diet Heart Study. Benefits of a Mediterranean-style, National Cholesterol Education Program/American Heart Association Step I Dietary Pattern on Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 2001 Apr 03; 103(13):1823-5.
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Bessesen DH, Vensor SH, Jackman MR. Trafficking of dietary oleic, linolenic, and stearic acids in fasted or fed lean rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2000 Jun; 278(6):E1124-32.
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