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Mechanisms by which DHA reduces colon cancer risk and inflammatory disorders of the intestine.
Good digestion is important to all.
This underlines again Omega 3 DHA is important in many ways in body function.
1: Chem Phys Lipids. 2008 Mar 4 [Epub ahead of print]Click here to read Links
Mechanisms by which docosahexaenoic acid and related fatty acids reduce colon cancer risk and inflammatory disorders of the intestine.
Chapkin RS, Seo J, McMurray DN, Lupton JR.
Center for Environmental and Rural Health, Texas A&M University, United States; Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, United States.
A growing body of epidemiological, clinical, and experimental evidence has underscored both the pharmacological potential and the nutritional value of dietary fish oil enriched in very long chain n-3 PUFAs such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6, n-3) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5, n-3). The broad health benefits of very long chain n-3 PUFAs and the pleiotropic effects of dietary fish oil and DHA have been proposed to involve alterations in membrane structure and function, eicosanoid metabolism, gene expression and the formation of lipid peroxidation products, although a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of action has yet to be elucidated. ............. Ultimately, this may allow organ systems such as the colon to optimally decode, respond, and adapt to the vagaries of an ever-changing extracellular environment.
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