INCREASED PRODUCTION OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (22 6-N-3, DHA) IN CATFISH NUTRITIONALLY STRESSED BY THE FEEDING OF OXIDIZED OILS AND THE MODULATORY EFFECT OF DIETARY ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE/
Rtm. Baker et Sj. Davies, INCREASED PRODUCTION OF DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (22 6-N-3, DHA) IN CATFISH NUTRITIONALLY STRESSED BY THE FEEDING OF OXIDIZED OILS AND THE MODULATORY EFFECT OF DIETARY ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE/, Journal of Fish Biology, 49(4), 1996, pp. 748-752
Production of hepatic docosahexaenoic acid in juvenile Clarias gariepi
nus was significantly increased (P<0.05) by ingestion of rancid diets
and this effect was modulated by dietary vitamin E. This has not been
described previously in fish. Causal mechanisms are postulated. (C) 19
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