"alpha-Linolenic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fatty acid that is found in plants and involved in the formation of prostaglandins.
| Descriptor ID |
D017962
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.302.380.410.100 D10.251.355.310.640.400 D10.251.355.337.100
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Linolenic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Gramlich L, Meddings L, Alberda C, Wichansawakun S, Robbins S, Driscoll D, Bistrian B. Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency in 2015: The Impact of Novel Intravenous Lipid Emulsions. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2015 Sep; 39(1 Suppl):61S-6S.
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Gong J, Campos H, McGarvey S, Wu Z, Goldberg R, Baylin A. Genetic variation in stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 is associated with metabolic syndrome prevalence in Costa Rican adults. J Nutr. 2011 Dec; 141(12):2211-8.
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Farina EK, Kiel DP, Roubenoff R, Schaefer EJ, Cupples LA, Tucker KL. Dietary intakes of arachidonic acid and alpha-linolenic acid are associated with reduced risk of hip fracture in older adults. J Nutr. 2011 Jun; 141(6):1146-53.
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Pazirandeh S, Ling PR, Ollero M, Gordon F, Burns DL, Bistrian BR. Supplementation of arachidonic acid plus docosahexaenoic acid in cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplantation: a preliminary study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2007 Nov-Dec; 31(6):511-6.
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Cho E, Hung S, Willett WC, Spiegelman D, Rimm EB, Seddon JM, Colditz GA, Hankinson SE. Prospective study of dietary fat and the risk of age-related macular degeneration. Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Feb; 73(2):209-18.
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Smith HL, Paciorkowski N, Babu S, Rajan TV. Development of a serum-free system for the in vitro cultivation of Brugia malayi infective-stage larvae. Exp Parasitol. 2000 Aug; 95(4):253-64.