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Linolenic Acid

Known as: Fatty Acid 18:3, (9,12,15)-linolenic acid, (9Z,12Z,15Z)-Octadecatrienoic acid 
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and exactly three double bonds. At least 17 different isomers of this compound are… 
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Alpha linolenateDrug AllergyEmbolism and ThrombosisHyperlipidemia

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Enteral omega-3 fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid, and antioxidant supplementation in acute lung injury.
CONTEXT The omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, along with γ-linolenic acid and… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
alpha-Linolenic acid supplementation and conversion to n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in humans.
Review
2006
Review
2006
n-3 Fatty acids from fish or fish-oil supplements, but not alpha-linolenic acid, benefit cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary- and secondary-prevention studies: a systematic review.
Studies on the relation between dietary n-3 fatty acids (FAs) and cardiovascular disease vary in quality, and the results are… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Conversion of α-linolenic acid to eicosapentaenoic, docosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids in young women
The extent to which women of reproductive age are able to convert the n−3 fatty acid α-linolenic acid (ALNA) to eicosapentaenoic… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Eicosapentaenoic and docosapentaenoic acids are the principal products of α-linolenic acid metabolism in young men*
The capacity for conversion of α-linolenic acid (ALNA) to n−3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids was investigated in young… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Essential fatty acids in health and chronic disease.
Human beings evolved consuming a diet that contained about equal amounts of n-3 and n-6 essential fatty acids. Over the past 100… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Mediterranean alpha-linolenic acid-rich diet in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Nitric oxide regulation of superoxide and peroxynitrite-dependent lipid peroxidation. Formation of novel nitrogen-containing oxidized lipid derivatives.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
AIN-93 purified diets for laboratory rodents: final report of the American Institute of Nutrition ad hoc writing committee on the reformulation of the AIN-76A rodent diet.
For sixteen years, the American Institute of Nutrition Rodent Diets, AIN-76 and AIN-76A, have been used extensively around the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The effects of dietary alpha-linolenic acid on the composition of nerve membranes, enzymatic activity, amplitude of electrophysiological parameters, resistance to poisons and performance of learning…
Feeding rats diets containing oils that have a low alpha-linolenic acid [18:3(n-3)] content, such as sunflower oil, results in… 
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