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. 1981;40(7-8):K31-K35.

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

J Beitz, H J Mest, W Förster
  • PMID: 6277115

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

J Beitz et al. Acta Biol Med Ger. 1981.

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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