Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Fatty acid"

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Essential fatty acids as transdermal penetration enhancers

Van Zyl, Lindi; Du Preez, Jan; Gerber, Minja; Du Plessis, Jeanetta; Viljoen, Joe (Elsevier, 2016)

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different penetration enhancers, containing essential fatty acids (EFAs), on the transdermal delivery of flurbiprofen. Evening primrose oil (EPO), vitamin F and Pheroid™ ...
Sensitivity of fatty acid desaturation and elongation to plasma zinc concentration: a randomised controlled trial in Beninese children

Chimhashu, Tsitsi; Malan, Linda; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Smuts, Cornelius M.; Van Jaarsveld, Paul J. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)

Zn status may affect fatty acid (FA) metabolism because it acts as a cofactor in FA desaturase and elongase enzymes. Zn supplementation affects the FA desaturases of Zn-deficient rats, but whether this occurs in humans ...