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Fig. 1 | Lipids in Health and Disease

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From: Intake of arachidonic acid-containing lipids in adult humans: dietary surveys and clinical trials

Fig. 1

Scheme of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) metabolism. LCPUFA in the body has two origins. One is the direct incorporation from dietary animal foods, and the other is the biosynthesis from n-6 or n-3 precursor PUFA, linoleic acid (LA) or α–linolenic acid (ALA), respectively. All the fatty acids including LCPUFA are mainly metabolized to CO2 by β–oxidation and excreted in the breath

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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X