Long Chain PUFA Transport in Human Term Placenta
Open Access
- 1 April 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 139 (4) , 636-639
Abstract
Docosahexanoic (DHA)4 and arachidonic (ARA) acids are important for proper fetal development and accumulate in the fetus during gestation. They cannot be syntheKeywords
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