Influence of linseed oil diet on the pattern of serum phospholipids in man.

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • Vol. 40, K31-K35
Abstract
We gave 11 volunteers 30 ml linseed oil daily for 4 weeks. This diet increased the amount of linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid in the serum phospholipids within 1 week, whereas the amount of dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid was decreased. Both effects were statistically significant. The results suggest that eicosapentaenoic acid can be synthesized from alpha-linolenic acid in human organism.

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