"Fatty Acids, Omega-6" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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FATTY ACIDS which have the first unsaturated bond in the sixth position from the omega carbon. A typical American diet tends to contain substantially more omega-6 than OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D043371
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.343
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| Concept/Terms |
Fatty Acids, Omega-6- Fatty Acids, Omega-6
- Acids, Omega-6 Fatty
- N-6 Fatty Acids
- Acids, N-6 Fatty
- Fatty Acids, N-6
- N 6 Fatty Acids
- Omega-6 Fatty Acids
- Omega 6 Fatty Acids
- Fatty Acids, Omega 6
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids, Omega-6" by people in Profiles.
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Costenbader KH, MacFarlane LA, Lee IM, Buring JE, Mora S, Bubes V, Kotler G, Camargo CA, Manson JE, Cook NR. Effects of One Year of Vitamin D and Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation in Older US Adults. Clin Chem. 2019 12; 65(12):1508-1521.
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Orchard TS, Ing SW, Lu B, Belury MA, Johnson K, Wactawski-Wende J, Jackson RD. The association of red blood cell n-3 and n-6 fatty acids with bone mineral density and hip fracture risk in the women's health initiative. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Mar; 28(3):505-15.
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Orchard TS, Cauley JA, Frank GC, Neuhouser ML, Robinson JG, Snetselaar L, Tylavsky F, Wactawski-Wende J, Young AM, Lu B, Jackson RD. Fatty acid consumption and risk of fracture in the Women's Health Initiative. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Dec; 92(6):1452-60.
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Rosenstein ED, Kushner LJ, Kramer N, Kazandjian G. Pilot study of dietary fatty acid supplementation in the treatment of adult periodontitis. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2003 Mar; 68(3):213-8.