Experiment 347442
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Linum usitatissimum (LINACEAE) |
| Citation | LAYNE,KS: GOH,YK: JUMPSEN,JA: RAYAN,EA: CHOW,P: CLANDININ,MT:. (1996). NORMAL SUBJECTS CONSUMING PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS OF 18:3(N-3) AND 20:5(N-3) FROM FLAXSEED OR FISH OILS HAVE CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCES IN PLASMA LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN FATTY ACID LEVELS.. 129(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE STUDY ASSESSED THE EFFECT OF LOW DOSES OF FATTY ACIDS FROM FISH OR FLAXSEED OIL ON PLASMA LIPID CONCENTRATIONS IN NORMAL HUMANS CONSUMING DIETS WITH EITHER HIGH (0.87, N=11) OR LOW (0.48, N=15) DIETARY POLYUNSATURATED/SATURATED FATTY ACID (P/S) RATIOS. THE DOSE OF (N-3) FATTY ACIDS REFLECTED AN (N-3) INTAKE THAT COULD EASILY BE ATTAINED BY SELECTION OF FOODS IN A NORMAL DIET. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE INITIALLY SUPPLEMENTED WITH OLIVE OIL [35 MG 18:1/KG BODY WEIGHT.D)], AND THEN WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO EITHER FLAXSEED OR FISH OIL [35 MG 18:3 (N-3) OR 35 MG 20:5 (N-3) + 22:6 (N-3)/(KG BODY WEIGHT.D), RESPECTIVELY] TREATMENTS. PARTICIPANTS CONSUMED EACH OIL SUPPLEMENT FOR 3 MO. BLOOD SAMPLES WERE DRAWN FOR ANALYSIS AT THE END OF EACH 3-MO PERIOD. THE FLAXSEED OIL DID NOT ALTER PLASMA TRIACYGLYCEROL LEVEL AND PRODUCED SMALL CHANGES IN 20:5 (N-3) AND 22:6 (N-3) CONCENTRATIONS. TOTAL, LDL AND HDL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS WERE NOT AFFECTED BY EITHER (N-3) FATTY ACID. |
| Dose amount | 35.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEED OIL |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |