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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
2014
Review
2014
What Comes First : The Food or the Nutrient Walnuts Have Potential for Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Mice 1 – 3
Cancer may not be completely the result of novel or inherited genetic mutations but may in fact be a largely preventable disease… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Renewed questions about polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Effects of fish oil fatty acids on plasma lipids and lipoproteins and oxidant-antioxidant imbalance in healthy subjects.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on plasma lipids and… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Effects of dietary long-chain fatty acids on the rat biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids in the rat.
Menhaden oil (ME) was included in semisynthetic diets to study the effect of long-chain fatty acids, mainly 20:5n3 and 22:6n3, on… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in the lipids of cultured fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells.
The lipid content per cell of cells in tissue culture depended on the cell type. Fibroblasts derived from human neonatal foreskin… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Triglycerides, lipid droplets, and lysosomes in aorta smooth muscle cells during the control of cell proliferation with polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E.
The effects of 8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid [20:3 (n--6)], 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid [20:4 (n--6)], and alpha-tocopherol… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Studies on the nutrition of marine flatfish. The effect of different dietary fatty acids on the growth and fatty acid composition of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
1. Five groups of juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) which had been given a diet free of fat for 12 weeks were given diets in… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Interrelationships between fatty acid biosynthesis and acyl-lipid synthesis in Chlorella vulgaris.
1. Fatty acid synthesis from [2-(14)C]acetate by Chlorella vulgaris cells grown and incubated in the dark is limited almost… 
1964
1964
A METHOD FOR RAPID MICROSYNTHESIS OF RADIOACTIVE CHOLESTEROL ESTERS.
SUMMARY A simple method for synthesizing esters of labeled cholesterol of high specific activity is described. The formation of… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
The metabolism of the essential fatty acids. VI. Distribution of unsaturated fatty acids in rats on fat-free and supplemented diets.
In a recent communication (l), indirect evidence was offered for the assertion that a radioactive polybromide, prepared from the…