Long-term supplementation of docosahexaenoic acid-rich, eicosapentaenoic acid-free microalgal oil in n-3 fatty acid-deficient rat pups.
Rat pups deficient in n-3 fatty acids received an oral administration of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-rich, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)-free microalgal oil (DMO) or fish oil (FO). DMO administration almost restored liver EPA to the level of the control diet-fed dam's pups, but FO administration did not. This suggests that EPA could be recovered in the liver, even though EPA-free DMO was supplemented.
Kimura
Fumiko
F
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan. f kimura@biochem.tohoku.ac.jp
Ito
Shiho
S
Endo
Yasushi
Y
Doisaki
Nobushige
N
Koriyama
Tsuyoshi
T
Miyazawa
Teruo
T
Fujimoto
Kenshiro
K
D000818:Animals; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry*; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D010938:Plant Oils; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid