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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
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PUFA
, Fatty Acid, Total Polyunsaturated
, acids fatty polyunsaturated
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A fatty acid containing more than one double bond (C=C). The essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that…
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Review
2008
Review
2008
The Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Diseases
A. Simopoulos
Experimental biology and medicine
2008
Corpus ID: 9044197
Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty…
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Review
2006
Review
2006
n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, inflammation, and inflammatory diseases.
P. Calder
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2006
Corpus ID: 787237
Inflammation is part of the normal host response to infection and injury. However, excessive or inappropriate inflammation…
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases
A. Simopoulos
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
2002
Corpus ID: 16733569
Among the fatty acids, it is the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) which possess the most potent immunomodulatory…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory mediator production.
M. James
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R. Gibson
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L. Cleland
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2000
Corpus ID: 13653315
Many antiinflammatory pharmaceutical products inhibit the production of certain eicosanoids and cytokines and it is here that…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E after myocardial infarction: results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial
Gissi-Prevenzione Investigators
The Lancet
1999
Corpus ID: 2649173
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E after myocardial infarction: results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial. Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell…
R. Marchioli
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M. Franzosi
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E. Geraci
1999
Corpus ID: 58517779
447 Summary Background There is conflicting evidence on the benefits of foods rich in vitamin E (α -tocopherol), n-3…
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Omega-3 fatty acids in health and disease and in growth and development.
A. Simopoulos
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
1991
Corpus ID: 4444962
Several sources of information suggest that man evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids of approximately…
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Review
1990
Review
1990
Role of free radicals and catalytic metal ions in human disease: an overview.
B. Halliwell
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J. Gutteridge
Methods in Enzymology
1990
Corpus ID: 37184319
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The effect of dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the synthesis of interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor by mononuclear cells.
S. Endres
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R. Ghorbani
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P. Weber
New England Journal of Medicine
1989
Corpus ID: 218653561
We examined whether the synthesis of interleukin-1 or tumor necrosis factor, two cytokines with potent inflammatory activities…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Comparison of effects of dietary saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in man.
F. Mattson
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S. Grundy
Journal of Lipid Research
1985
Corpus ID: 24091775
Twenty patients consumed a liquid diet in which the predominant fatty acids were either saturated (Sat), monounsaturated (Mono…
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