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The Essentiality of Arachidonic Acid in Infant Development

Arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4n-6) is an n-6 polyunsaturated 20-carbon fatty acid formed by the biosynthesis from linoleic acid (LA, 18:2n-6). This review considers the essential role that ARA plays in infant development. ARA is always present in human milk at a relatively fixed level and is accumulate...

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Autores principales: Hadley, Kevin B., Ryan, Alan S., Forsyth, Stewart, Gautier, Sheila, Salem, Norman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27077882
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8040216