Saturday, October 3, 2009

Polyunsaturated Fats Can Reduce ROS through Enzyme Regulation!

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Title: Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the reactive oxygen and nitrogen species production by raw 264.7 macrophages.

Summary: A new study shows that polyunsaturated fats can mediate enzyme expression to lower reactive oxygen and nitrosative species and also reduce inducable nitric oxide which is an inflammatory isoform of nitric oxide.

Citation: Ambrozova, G., Pekarova, M., and Lojek, A. Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the reactive oxygen and nitrogen species production by raw 264.7 macrophages. European Journal of Nutrition. (2009)http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/5873322

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