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    Marine Macroalgae as Sources of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

    Algae from cold water (Canada) and warm water (China) were analysed for the total lipid content, and for their fatty acid (FA) composition and content. The major findings are that fatty acids (FA) from Canadia...

    M. L. COLOMBO, P. RISÈ, F. GIAVARINI, L. DE ANGELIS in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (2006)

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    Virgin Olive Oil Study (VOLOS): vasoprotective potential of extra virgin olive oil in mildly dyslipidemic patients

    In vitro, olive phenols exert potent antioxidant and enzyme-modulating activities.

    Dr. Francesco Visioli, D. Caruso, S. Grande, R. Bosisio in European Journal of Nutrition (2005)

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    Protective activity of tomato products on in vivo markers of lipid oxidation

    It has been suggested that regular consumption of tomato products improves antioxidant defenses due to their endogenous antioxidant compounds, notably lycopene.

    Dr. F. Visioli, P. Riso, S. Grande, C. Galli, M. Porrini in European Journal of Nutrition (2003)

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    Pharmacological modulation of fatty acid desaturation and of cholesterol biosynthesis in THP-1 cells

    In THP-1 cells, simvastatin decreases, in a concentration-dependent manner, cholesterol synthesis and increases linoleic acid (LA) conversion to its long-chain derivatives, in particular to arachidonic acid, a...

    P. Risé, S. Ghezzi, M. G. Levati, R. Mirtini, C. Colombo, C. Galli in Lipids (2003)

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    Evidence for the unique function of docosahexaenoic acid during the evolution of the modern hominid brain

    The African savanna ecosystem of the large mammals and primates was associated with a dramatic decline in relative brain capacity associated with little docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which is required for brain ...

    M. A. Crawford, M. Bloom, C. L. Broadhurst, W. F. Schmidt, S. C. Cunnane in Lipids (1999)

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    Blood pressure, serum lipids, and fatty acids in populations on a lake-fish diet or on a vegetarian diet in Tanzania

    Major risk factors for coronary heart disease were assessed in two populations of Tanzania, one on a fish diet (FD) living along the coast of Lake Nyasa, and the other, mainly on a vegetarian diet (VD), living...

    P. Pauletto, M. Puato, M. T. Angeli, A. C. Pessina, A. Munhambo, G. Bittolo-Bon in Lipids (1996)

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    Lipid pattern methodology

    Fatty acid composition of lipids in tissues and body fluids is correlated with the fatty acid composition of dietary fats.

    F. Fidanza, M. S. Simonetti, P. Damiani, A. L. Catapano in Nutritional Status Assessment (1991)

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    Oral polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholine reduces platelet lipid and cholesterol contents in healthy volunteers

    The effects of orally administered polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholine (PPC) on plasma lipids, lipoproteins and platelet function and composition were studied in seven healthy male volunteers. PPC (Nattermann ...

    C. Galli, E. Tremoli, E. Giani, P. Maderna, G. Gianfranceschi, C. R. Sirtori in Lipids (1985)

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    Heated fat, vitamin E and vascular eicosanoids

    A semisynthetic diet containing adequate amounts of vitamin E and 10% (w/w) of a mixture of polyunsaturated oils subjected to heating and characterized by elevated indexes of thermal alteration (polar componen...

    E. Giani, I. Masi, C. Galli in Lipids (1985)

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    Differential effects of dietary fatty acids on the accumulation of arachidonic acid and its metabolic conversion through the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase in platelets and vascular tissue

    Semisynthetic diets containing either corn oil (CO) or butter (B) (11 and 2.2 en % as linoleic acid, respectively) were fed to male rabbits for periods of 3 weeks and 3 months. The CO diet, in respect to the B...

    C. Galli, E. Agradi, A. Petroni, E. Tremoli in Lipids (1981)

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    Effects of rapeseed oil on fatty acid oxidation and lipid levels in rat heart and liver

    The comparative rates of oxidation of erucic and oleic acids and of their CoA esters were studied in heart and liver mitochondria of rats fed a standard diet or semisynthetic diets containing 25% of the calori...

    M. Galli Kienle, G. Cighetti, C. Spagnuolo, C. Galli in Lipids (1976)

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    Brain free fatty acid levels in rats sacrificed by decapitation versus focused microwave irradiation

    Values are presented for whole brain free fatty acid levels of rats sacrificed by decapitation vs focused microwave irradiation. Free fatty acids were quantitated by specific colorimetric analysis. Within ca. ...

    R. J. Cenedella, C. Galli, R. Paoletti in Lipids (1975)

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    Essential fatty acids in maternal diet and in rat milk phospholipids

    The administrations of semisynthetic diets supplemented with oils and fats containing different levels of linoleic acids to lactating rats result in corresponding changes in the polyunsaturated fatty acids of ...

    C. Galli, C. Spagnuolo in Lipids (1974)

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    Lipid alterations and their reversion in the central nervous system of growing rats deficient in essential fatty acids

    Essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency modifies several biological parameters, i.e., growth, metabolic rate and water balance and induces functional changes in liver, kidney and lung tissues. The brain fatty ac...

    C. Galli, H. B. White Jr., R. Paoletti in Lipids (1971)

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    Hydroxy fatty acids from cerebrosides of the central nervous system: GLC determination and mass spectrometric identification

    A method has been developed for GLC determination of hydroxy fatty acids (HFA) from cerebrosides of the central nervous system.

    P. Capella, C. Galli, R. Fumagalli in Lipids (1968)