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Fish oil

About: Fish oil is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9887 publications have been published within this topic receiving 367953 citations. The topic is also known as: fish oils & Fish oil.


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01 Apr 1995-Bone
TL;DR: Diet supplementation with relatively high GLA:EPA ratios are more effective in inhibiting bone resorption than LA:ALA, and bone calcium content increased significantly in the same dietary groups.

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TL;DR: Computerized tomography scans showed narrower areas of visceral fat in the abdominal cross sections of groups given fish oil and lower leptin levels and levels of blood glucose and total cholesterol in PF compared with controls, without significant changes in energy intake and body weight.

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TL;DR: Dietary omega-3 PUFAs provoke a hypocoagulant, vitamin K-independent effect in humans, the degree of which may depend on fibrinogen level, which is related to the beneficial effect of dietary fish oil on cardiovascular disease.
Abstract: Objective-The beneficial effect of dietary fish oil, rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), on cardiovascular disease is multifactorial and may partly rely on their anticoagulant action. We studied how fish oil intake influenced thrombin generation in plasma and which factors were involved herein. Methods and Results-Twenty-five healthy males with borderline overweight received 3.0 g omega-3 PUFAs daily for 4 weeks. Fish oil intake reduced plasma triglycerides and lowered platelet integrin activation, as well as plasma levels of fibrinogen and factor V, but had no effect on vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Before fish oil intake, thrombin generation (reflecting the coagulant potential) considerably varied between plasmas from individual subjects, which were partly explained by variation in prothrombin, antithrombin, fibrinogen, and factor V levels. Fish oil intake reduced thrombin generation in the presence and absence of platelets. This reduction correlated with the fish oil effect on fibrinogen and factor V levels. Interestingly, the lowering effect of fish oil on thrombin generation and fibrinogen clustered around subjects with high fibrinogen carrying a structural fibrinogen α-chain polymorphism. Conclusions-Dietary omega-3 PUFAs provoke a hypocoagulant, vitamin K-independent effect in humans, the degree of which may depend on fibrinogen level. Chemicals / CAS: antithrombin, 9000-94-6; blood clotting factor 5, 9001-24-5, 9013-23-4; cholesterol, 57-88-5; fibrinogen, 9001-32-5; fish oil, 8016-13-5; protein C, 60202-16-6; prothrombin, 9001-26-7; thrombin, 9002-04-4; vitamin K group, 12001-79-5; Cholesterol, LDL; Factor V, 9001-24-5; Fatty Acids, Omega-3; Fibrinogen, 9001-32-5; Fish Oils; Peptide Fragments; Thrombin, 3.4.21.5; Triglycerides; thrombin receptor peptide (42-47)

97 citations

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01 Dec 1997-Lipids
TL;DR: Dietary BO, enriched in γ-linolenic acid (18:3n−6), significantly increased the proportions of both 20:3 n−6 and 20:4n− 6 in salmon liver phospholipids and also significantly increasedThe desaturation of both 18:2n−4 and 18: 3n−3 in salmon hepatocytes.
Abstract: The effects of different dietary oils on the fatty acid compositions of liver phospholipids and the desaturation and elongation of [1-14C]18∶3n−3 and [1-14C]18∶2n−6 were investigated in isolated hepatocytes from Atlantic salmon. Atlantic salmon smolts were fed diets containing either a standard fish oil (FO) as a control diet, a 1∶1 blend of Southern Hemisphere marine oil and tuna orbital oil (MO/TO), sunflower oil (SO), borage oil (BO), or oliver oil (OO) for 12 wk. The SO and BO diets significantly increased the percentages of 18:2n−6, 18:3n−6, 20:2n−6, 20:3n−6, and total n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in salmon liver lipids in comparison with the FO diet. The BO diet also increased the percentage of 20:4n−6. Both the SO and BO diets significantly reduced the percentages of all n−3 PUFA in comparison with the FO diet. The OO diet significantly increased the percentages of 18:1n−9, 18:2n−6, total monoenes, and total n−6 PUFA in liver lipids compared to the FO diet, and the percentages of all n−3 PUFA were significantly reduced. With [1-14C]18:3n−3, the recovery of radioactivity in the products of Δ6 desaturation was significantly greater in the hepatocytes from salmon fed SO, BO, and OO in comparison with the FO diet. The BO diet also increased the recovery of radioactivity in the products of Δ5 desaturation. Only the BO diet significantly affected the desaturation of [1-14C]18:2n−6, increasing recovery of radioactivity in both Δ6- and Δ5-desaturation products. In conclusion, dietary BO, enriched in γ-linolenic acid (18:3n−6), significantly increased the proportions of both 20:3n−6 and 20:4n−6 in salmon liver phospholipids and also significantly increased the desaturation of both 18:2n−6 and 18:3n−3 in salmon hepatocytes. The possible relationships between dietary fatty acid composition, tissue phospholipid fatty acid composition, and desaturation/elongation activities are discussed.

97 citations

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TL;DR: Fish oil reversed the alterations on metabolic parameters and blood pressure exerted by sucrose administration, although it had no effect on TNF-alpha production and adiposity, confirming the theory that the molecular etiology of the metabolic syndrome is multifactorial.
Abstract: Dietary fish oil rich in (n-3) fatty acids plays an important role in reducing abnormalities associated with the metabolic syndrome and mortality from coronary heart disease. We investigated the effects of dietary fish oil on the metabolic syndrome in a high-sucrose-fed rat model. The model was achieved by the administration of 30% sucrose in drinking water in male Wistar rats during 21 weeks. After the metabolic syndrome rat model was established, fish oil was administered during 6 weeks. The metabolic syndrome rats showed significant increases in body weight, systolic blood pressure, serum insulin, total lipids, triacylglycerols, cholesterol, free fatty acids, LDL, total proteins, albumin, and serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). They also presented abdominal and epididymal fat accumulation and fatty liver. After fish oil diet administration, metabolic syndrome rats had a significant reduction in blood pressure, serum insulin, triacylglycerols, cholesterol, free fatty acids, and total lipids, but no change was observed in TNF-alpha concentration or fat accumulation. In conclusion, fish oil reversed the alterations on metabolic parameters and blood pressure exerted by sucrose administration, although it had no effect on TNF-alpha production and adiposity. This confirms the theory that the molecular etiology of the metabolic syndrome is multifactorial, as is the effect of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) upon it, having complex and multifaceted actions.

97 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
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2023259
2022552
2021308
2020347
2019326
2018360