Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "alpha-linolenic acid"

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Different dietary fatty acids are associated with blood lipids in healthy South African men and women: the PURE study

Richter, Marilize; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss; Smuts, Cornelius M. (Elsevier, 2014)

Background: Preliminary data from the baseline Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study in South Africa indicated a higher prevalence of dyslipidemia than previous South African studies. The intake of specific ...
Providing male rats deficient in iron and n-3 fatty acids with iron and alpha-linolenic acid alone affects brain serotonin and cognition differently from combined provision

Baumgartner, Jeannine; Smuts, Cornelius M.; Zimmermann, Michael (BioMed Central, 2014)

Background: We recently showed that a combined deficiency of iron (ID) and n-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAD) in rats disrupts brain monoamine metabolism and produces greater memory deficits than ID or n-3 FAD alone. Providing ...