title: How does fish oil lower plasma triglycerides?
abstract: Studies using dietary fish oil, safflower oil, and palm oil suggest that the decrease in plasma triacylglycerol due to dietary fish oils is somehow related to a decrease in the capacity of the liver to hydrolyze the phosphatidate, which then affects microsomal synthesis of triacylglycerol from diacylglycerol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Coniglio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005395:Fish Oils; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D014280:Triglycerides