Category Archives: Gamma Linolenic Acid

Essential Fatty Acid Metabolism: The Effects of Ageing

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Robert Barrington

In human nutrition, the two essential fatty acids are alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)). These two fatty acids are essential to the health and without them death is inevitable. For the body to … Continue reading →

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Borage and Evening Primrose Oils

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Robert Barrington

Borage (Borago officinalis) and evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) oils both have interesting and similar nutritional compositions and this gives them broadly similar physiological effects. Generally the oil composition of seed oils varies between plants and between growing conditions, but on … Continue reading →

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Borage officianalis (Starflower)

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Borage officianalis is a flowering plant belonging to the Boraginaceae family of plants. The plant is characterised by star shaped blue flowers which give it its alternative name of the starflower plant. However, white and pink flowered alternatives also exist. … Continue reading →

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Gamma-Linolenic Acid in Spirulina

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Gamma-linolenic acid (C18:3, n-6) is a metabolite of the omega-6 essential amino linoleic acid (C18:2, n-6). In humans and animals, gamma linolenic acid has been shown to have a number of health effects due to its ability to convert into … Continue reading →

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Fats for Brain Health

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Robert Barrington
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Gamma-Linolenic Acid In Spirulina

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Robert Barrington
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Why Do The Essential Fatty Acids Prevent Insulin Resistance?

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Robert Barrington

There are two essential fatty acids in human nutrition and both are polyunsaturated fats formed in plants. Alpha linolenic (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) is fatty acid belonging to the omega 3 family of fatty acid and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) … Continue reading →

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Fatty acid profiles in normal and obese individuals

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Deficiency of the essential fatty acids can occur with the feeding of high glucose enteral or parenteral nutrition in as little as two weeks. This is because of the absence of dietary essential fatty acid precursors as well as the … Continue reading →

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Essential Fats, Breast Feeding and Infant Brain Development

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Robert Barrington

A group of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are known to be important to human health. Two such fats, alpha linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)) are essential to health as they are required for … Continue reading →

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The Essential Fatty Acid Pathway

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Robert Barrington

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