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From: The impact of polyunsaturated fatty acid-based dietary supplements on disease biomarkers in a metabolic syndrome/diabetes population

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Primary points at which PUFA-based supplements enter the PUFA biosynthetic pathway. The biosynthesis of n-6 and n-3 PUFAs proceeds in parallel pathways utilizing the same set of fatty acid desaturase (FADS) and elongase (ELOVL) enzymes. Components of the dietary oils (Table 3) enter as both n-6 (LA, GLA) and n-3 (ALA, SDA, EPA, DPA, and DHA) PUFAs.

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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X