Browsing Nutritional Sciences by Author "Johnson, Jeffrey Brian"

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Effect of flax and hemp seed oils on erythrocyte concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids in vegetarians

Johnson, Jeffrey Brian (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003-12)

Flax and hemp seed oils are rich sources of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3n-3), which can be converted to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) in humans. We investigated the effects ...