title: Supply of polyenoic fatty acids to the mammalian brain: the ease of conversion of the short-chain essential fatty acids to their longer chain polyunsaturated metabolites in liver, brain, placenta and blood.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000378:metabolism; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000172:deficiency; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008042:Linolenic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008322:Mammals; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013045:Species Specificity; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008042:Linolenic Acids; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases