Many studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of n‐3 long‐chain polyunsaturated
fatty acid (LCPUFA) supplementation during the perinatal period on the growth and …

… of the golden age of the nutritional aspects of fatty acids in terms of their role in growth and
development and in health and disease. The chain length of the fatty acid molecule, degree of …

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… Fatty acids containing double bonds in the hydrocarbon chain are referred to as … fatty acids;
a fatty acid containing two or more double bonds is called a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)…

… Approximately 25– 30% of the fatty acids in the human brain consist of PUFA, of which the
n–3 fatty acid DHA and the n–6 fatty acid arachidonic acid (AA) are major components and …

… -chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are involved in maintaining a variety of physiological
processes and therefore are currently viewed to play key roles in human nutrition both in …

… more and more the role that nutrition plays in the prevention of … nutrition policy that is integrated
with policies for food production. The first edition of the Encyclopaedia of Human Nutrition …

… oil, which should be avoided for human nutrition as it contains too much saturated FA… fatty
acids, but high amount of saturated fatty acids, thus providing diet not recommended for human…

… Unsaturated fatty acids contain double bonds between pairs of adjacent carbon atoms;
monounsaturated fatty acids contain one double bond, whereas polyunsaturated fatty acids (…

… human beings. Furthermore, the use of such oils inevitably results in variation in the levels of
several fatty acids … consumed fatty acids in a controlled manner in which one fatty acid was …