Browsing by Subject "Polyunsaturated fatty acids"

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    • Associations of linoleic acid with markers of glucose metabolism and liver function in South African adults 

      Pertiwi, Kamalita; Kruger, Herculina S.; Van Zyl, Tertia; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Smuts, Cornelius M. (BMC, 2020)
      Background The relation between dietary and circulating linoleic acid (18:2 n-6, LA), glucose metabolism and liver function is not yet clear. Associations of dietary and circulating LA with glucose metabolism and liver ...

    • Linolenic acid and folate in wild-growing African dark leafy vegetables (morogo) 

      Van der Walt, Anna M.; Ibrahim, Mohamed I.M.; Bezuidenhout, Cornelius C.; Loots, Du Toit (Cambridge Univ Press, 2008)
      Transition from a low-fat vegetable-rich rural diet to a high-fat Westernised diet is considered a factor in the escalating occurrence of vascular-related diseases and type 2 diabetes in urban black South Africans. Consumption ...

    • Relationship between serum omega-3 fatty acid and asthma endpoints 

      Adams, Shahieda; Smuts, Cornelius M.; Lopata, Andreas L.; Baatjies, Roslynn; Jeebhay, Mohamed F. (MDPI, 2019)
      Recent studies have highlighted the potential protective role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) in asthma. This study aimed at determining the association between seafood intake, serum PUFA composition ...