Micronutrients, Essential Fatty Acids and Bone Health in Phenylketonuria

Essential fatty acids and mental health.

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Fatty Acids of the Brain in Phenylketonuria.

I N T R O D U C T I O N IN THE past several years, the nature of the enzymic defect associated with phenylketonuria (PKU) has been well defined (JERVIS, 1947; UDENFRIEND and BESSMAN, 1953; WALLACE, MOLDAVE and MEISTER, 1957; MITOMA, AULD and UDENFRIEND, 1957 ; KAUFMAN, 1961). However, a direct relationship between the absence of phenylalanine hydroxylase in the liver and mental deficiency remai...

Essential fatty acids in health and chronic disease.

Human beings evolved consuming a diet that contained about equal amounts of n-3 and n-6 essential fatty acids. Over the past 100-150 y there has been an enormous increase in the consumption of n-6 fatty acids due to the increased intake of vegetable oils from corn, sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, cottonseed, and soybeans. Today, in Western diets, the ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids ranges fro...

Chlorella vulgaris as a Source of Essential Fatty Acids and Micronutrients: A Brief Commentary

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) comprise about 35-40% of the total lipid content from green algae Chlorella, reaching up to 24% linoleic acid and 27% α-linolenic acid in C. vulgaris. Also, microalgae nutrient composition may be modulated by changes in the culture medium, increasing fatty acid and microelement concentrations in the algae biomass. PUFAs, such as αlinolenic (n-3) and linoleic ...

Essential fatty acids and inflammation.