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Article: Exploring effects of essential fatty acids.(Oils and Fats Group )(Brief Article)
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- November 7, 2005
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Oils & Fats Group Omega-3 on the brain
22 February 2006, London, UK
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This conference, jointly organised with ISSFAL, will examine the impact of nutrition on brain function and human behaviour. The fatty acids in fats and oils were at one time thought only to serve as an energy source for the human body. That view has changed during the past 100 years. It is now recognised that certain fatty acids, the so-called essential fatty acids (EFAs), not only play crucial roles in membrane structure and function, but also act as precursors of the eicosanoids, such as prostaglandins and leukotrienes, it is now understood that nutrition ...