...Deborah R. Berman; Ellen Mozurkewich; Yiqing Liu; Yu Shangguan; John D. Barks; Faye S. Silverstein Background: In neonatal rats, early post-hypoxia-ischemia (HI) administration of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) improves sensorimotor function, but does not attenuate brain damage...

... deficiency. Objectives: To estimate docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intake, the metabolizable (i.e. absorbed) DHA, the DHA available for accretion and to quantify the DHA deficit, if any, during the first month of life of preterm infants born ≤28 weeks of gestation. Methods: Monocentric study. Nutritional data...

... chromatography. Results: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concentrations were significantly increased (p < 0.01) in breast milk in spite of lower maternal plasma DHA concentrations (p < 0.05) in pre-eclamptic women. However, there was no difference in arachidonic acid levels between groups in spite of reduced...

...Daniel Abran; Sylvain Chemtob; Emile Levy; Grace Gavino; Victor C. Gavino We performed open-circuit perfusions of newborn and adult pig eyes to study the age-dependent metabolism of 4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in this organ. DHA taken up by the perfused eyes was partitioned...

... diet increased (p < 0.05) the content of the 18:3n–3, 20:5n–3 and 22:6n–3 in the yolk lipids with a concomitant reduction (p < 0.005) in 20:4n–6. Diet and time significantly (p < 0.05) affected the transfer of 22:6n–3 (docosahexaenoic acid, DHA) and 20:4n–6 acid from the HLNA and LLNA yolk...

... were fed a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-deficient diet up to 6 weeks of age. The fatty acid composition of chick brain was determined on 0, 2, 4 and 6 weeks and brain weight was taken on day 0 and day 42. The ω–6/ω–3 ratios were 37.12, 4.21 and 0.98 for the maternal diet; 28.36, 2.83 and 0.89 for the egg...

... and DHA or somatic growth. Original Paper Biol Neonate 2002;81:188 195 Sows Milk Attenuates Dexamethasone-Induced Reductions in Liver Docosahexaenoic Acid Lori Petryk Hope A. Weiler Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Key Words Arachidonic acid W...

... was not significantly different from that observed when using the triglyceride (TG) composition (1.21 ± 0.04), but significantly different for AA (1.43 ± 0.12; p < 0.001) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 2.02 ± 0.09; p = 0.048). The absolute rate of transfer (nmol · ml –1 ) compared to that using the TG maternal...

...Chantal Maurage; Philippe Guesnet; Michèle Pinault; Jean-Blaise Rochettede Lempdes; Georges Durand; Jean-Michel Antoine; Charles Couet We studied the effect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation of infant formulas on fatty acid composition of blood phospholipids in term infants. Two fish...

... that the newborn can synthesize LC-PUFA from essential fatty acid precursors; however, the extent of de novo synthesis remains to be established. Postnatally, human milk provides LC-PUFA to the newborn. Maternal LC-PUFA reserves depend upon diet and can be improved by supplementation of docosahexaenoic acid...