Arachidonic acid is an essential fatty acid, which is consumed in small amounts in our regular diets. It is considered an "essential" fatty acid because it is an absolute requirement for the proper ...

A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found to be linked with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intake of arachidonic acid and other fatty acids increased risk for total hip arthroplasty, with no significant ...

A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found to be linked with a ...

Growth failure is a classical sign of essential fatty acid deficiency. We investigated whether birth weight correlates with the postnatal essential fatty acid status in a group of 29 premature infants ...

Leukotrienes are inflammatory mediators generated from arachidonic acid (polyunsaturated n–6 fatty acid) by the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase. Since atherosclerosis involves arterial inflammation, we ...

According to a research published in Redox Biology recently, a team led by Prof. HAN Wei from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found, for the first time, ...

Scientists have learned that a specific omega-6 fatty acid may be critical to maintaining skin health. University of Illinois scientists have learned that a specific omega-6 fatty acid may be critical ...

Omega-6 fatty acids—such as those found in corn oil—caused human prostate tumors in cell culture to grow twice as quickly as tumors to which omega-6 fats had not been added, according to a study ...

Researchers report they have used PET brain imaging (positron emission tomography) to learn more about the relationship between two commonplace factors in the human brain that may have a role in ...