Alpha-Linolenic Acid: Is It Essential to Cardiovascular Health?

There is a large body of scientific evidence that has been confirmed in randomized controlled trials indicating a cardioprotective effect for omega-3 fatty acids from fish. For alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is the omega-3 fatty acid from plants, the relation to cardiovascular health is less clea...

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Autores principales: Geleijnse, Johanna M., de Goede, Janette, Brouwer, Ingeborg A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Current Science Inc. 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20814766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11883-010-0137-0