Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 85-91, February 2009

α-Linolenic acid supplementation and conversion to n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in humans☆

  • J. Thomas Brenna

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Savage Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Norman Salem Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Martek Biosciences Inc., 6480 Dobbin Road, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Sinclair

      Affiliations

    • Deakin University, School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences & Metabolic Research Unit, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
    • ,
  • Stephen C. Cunnane

      Affiliations

    • Research Center on Aging, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • for the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, ISSFAL

Received 15 January 2009; accepted 15 January 2009. published online 25 August 2009.

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☆ A statement on PUFA nutrition developed and edited based on input from ISSFAL members and accepted by vote of the ISSFAL Board of Directors.

PII: S0952-3278(09)00016-7

doi:10.1016/j.plefa.2009.01.004

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 85-91, February 2009

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