rapeseed is the most widely used oil crop in europe and it is an ideal raw material for the production of biodiesel. because of a high nutritional value and a relatively high omega-3 fatty acids content, rapeseed cake can be used in poultry nutrition for the enrichment of meat and eggs. therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the possibility of using rapeseed cake in diets for turkeys...

a 42-day study was conducted to evaluate the influence of full-fat flaxseed (fs) and canola seed (cs) on broiler performance, fatty acid (fa) profile of meat, serum lipid content and antibody response to sheep red blood cells antigen (srbc). a total of 324 one-day-old chicks were attributed to 6 experimental groups. c: control (soybean-corn); cs1:7.5% cs; cs2:15% cs; cs-fs:10% fs + 10% cs; fs1:...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, khajeh a, ghazavi a, sangestani m. omega 3 in childhood migraines; a double blind randomized clinical trial. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):9-13. abstract objective the effect of using omega-3 to prevent migraine attacks has been raised in recent studies. the majority of these studies have been conducted in adults. conversely, other studies have yet...

background:   objective: this study was conducted to determine the effect of omega-3 supplementation on sex hormone-binding protein (shbg), testosterone, free androgen index (fai) and menstrual status in women with pcos.   materials and methods: this double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 78 overweight/obese women with pcos. participants were randomized to receive omega-3 (3gr/...

polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufas) particularly ω-3 pufas showed great assure in prevention of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the evidence for cv benefits of pufa comes from eicosapentaenoic acid (epa) with or without docosahexaenoic acid (dha) in primary prevention, after myocardial infarction (mi), with heart failure (hf). the epidemiologic studies and trials showing the benefits of pufa, sp...

ôbjective: ït has been shown that serum and red blood cells’ level of ômega-3 fatty acids are low in people with schizophrenia. many studies have, therefore, attempted to explore the beneficial effects of these substances in the management of schizophrenia. however, the outcomes of the previous studies have not been clear cut. the present study is an attempt to retest this hypothesis by elimina...