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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Known as: PUFA, Fatty Acid, Total Polyunsaturated, acids fatty polyunsaturated 
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… 
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… 
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… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammatory mediator production.
Many antiinflammatory pharmaceutical products inhibit the production of certain eicosanoids and cytokines and it is here that… 
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
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…
447 Summary Background There is conflicting evidence on the benefits of foods rich in vitamin E (α -tocopherol), n-3… 
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… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Role of free radicals and catalytic metal ions in human disease: an overview.
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.
We examined whether the synthesis of interleukin-1 or tumor necrosis factor, two cytokines with potent inflammatory activities… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Comparison of effects of dietary saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in man.
Twenty patients consumed a liquid diet in which the predominant fatty acids were either saturated (Sat), monounsaturated (Mono… 
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