Conjugated Linoleic Acid: good or bad nutrient

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a class of 28 positional and geometric isomers of linoleic acid octadecadienoic.Currently, it has been described many benefits related to the supplementation of CLA in animals and humans, as in the treatment of cancer, oxidative stress, in atherosclerosis, in bone f...

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Autores principales: Gonçalves, Daniela C, Lira, Fabio S, Carnevali, Luiz C, Rosa, Jose C, Pimentel, Gustavo D, Seelaender, Marília
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-2-62
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Sumario:Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a class of 28 positional and geometric isomers of linoleic acid octadecadienoic.Currently, it has been described many benefits related to the supplementation of CLA in animals and humans, as in the treatment of cancer, oxidative stress, in atherosclerosis, in bone formation and composition in obesity, in diabetes and the immune system. However, our results show that, CLA appears to be not a good supplement in patients with cachexia.

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