Publications by authors named "Grace Gavino"
Docosahexaenoic acid level of the breast milk of some Filipino women.
Int J Food Sci Nutr
September 2003
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels in the breast milk of 100 Filipino women and how their diet influenced these levels.
- Researchers used food records and questionnaires to assess the women’s dietary habits and collected milk samples using a specialized breast pump.
- Results indicated an average DHA level of 188.34 micrograms per milliliter of milk, linking higher protein intake in the subjects’ diets to increased DHA levels in their breast milk.
Mitochondrial acylcarnitine synthesis is an obligatory step in the transport of cytosolic long-chain FA into the mitochondria. It is an important control point in the partitioning of cytosolic fatty acids to synthetic pathways or to mitochondrial beta-oxidation. Mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I; EC 2.
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