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Fall 2019
Gonzalez Toledo, Selene Yadira
Omega-3 fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acids (DHA) have been related to multiple health benefits. One way to produce omega-3 enriched egg yolk is through hen’s feed manipulation. However, there are many drawbacks to this approach: a high cost of production, wide...
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Evaluating the effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid along with arachidonic acid during the development of the immune system in early life.
DownloadSpring 2023
The immune system is immature at birth and the dietary fats provided during early life play an important role in the development of the infant’s immune system. The precursor omega-3 (n-3) and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) α-linolenic acid and linoleic acids, respectively, are essential...
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Fat Unsaturation Quantification, Including ω-3 Measures, with In-Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
DownloadSpring 2021
Fat composition is relevant to disease and can be assessed non-invasively using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). MRS studies do not usually account for the ω-3 (omega-3) fat content because of its low prevalence in human adipose tissue (≈ 1 %) and because the ω-3 (≈ 1.0 ppm) and non-ω-3 (≈...