Dietary Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids

Early studies on the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids.- The food chain for n-6 and n-3 fatty acids with special reference to animal products.- Some aspects of omega-3 fatty acids from different foods.- Linoleic and linolenic acids intake.- Omega-3 fatty acids from vegetable oils.- Preparation of fish oil for dietary applications.- (N-3) and (N-6) fatty acid metabolism.- The effect of dietary fish oil supplementation and in vitro collagen stimulation on human platelet phospholipid fatty acid composition.- In vitro studies on docosahexaenoic acid in human platelets.- Alpha-linolenic acid and the metabolism of arachidonic acid.- Comparative uptake in rats and man of w3 and w6 fatty acids.- Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to neural development in humans.- Sources of w3 fatty acids in artict diets and their effects on red cell and breast milk fatty acids in Canadian Inuit.- Polyunsaturated fatty acids and infant nutrition.- Polyunsaturated fatty acids of the n-3 serie and nervous system development.- Omega-3 fatty acids in the retina.- Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in endothelial cells: relationship to eicosanoid formation.- Modification of arachidonic acid cascade by long-chain w-3 fatty acids.- N-6 and N-3 fatty acids in plasma and platelet lipids, and generation of inositol phosphates by stimulated platelets after dietary manipulations in the rabbit.- Dietary linolenic acid and tissue function in rodents.- The supply of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to photoreceptors and synapses.- Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in serum lipids and their relationship to human disease.- Omega-3 fatty acids and lipoproteins.- Alpha-linolenic acid, platelet lipids and function.- Fish (oil) consumption and coronary heart disease.- Dietary polyunsaturates, vascular function and prostaglandins.- Polyunsaturated oils of marine and plant origins and their uses in clinical medicine.- Biochemical and bioclinical aspects of blackcurrant seed oil. w3-w6 balanced oil.- Quantitative determination of prostanoids by stable isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.- Linoleic acid and epidermal water barrier.- Different doses of fish-oil fatty acid ingestion in active rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective study of clinical and immunological parameters.- Dietary w-3 and w-6 fatty acids in cancer.- Marine mammals: animal models for studying the digestion and transport of dietary fats enriched in w-3 fatty acids. Positional analyses of milk fat triacylglycerol molecules.- Changes in the polyunsaturated fatty acid profiles in Zellweger syndrome suggesting a new enzymatic defect: delta-4 desaturase deficiency.- Selective incorporation of eicosapentaenoic acid in position 2 of plasma triglycerides after a dietary supply of 2 eicosapentaenoyl glyceride in man.- The effect of a fish oil preparation (EPAGIS) on serum lipids, apoproteins, circulating platelet aggregates and hemorheologic parameters in hyperlipidemic subjects.- Differential mobilization of essential fatty acids into the serum free fatty acid pool in response to glucose ingestion.- Flax as a source of alpha-linoleic acid.- Executive Summary.- General Recommendations on Dietary Fats for Human Consumption.- A double-blind controlled trial of oils containing long-chain-w3-polyunsaturated fatty acids in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.- Contributors.