Consumption of echium oil increases EPA and DPA in blood fractions more efficiently compared to linseed oil in humans.
- 2016-02-18
- RCT · n = 59
- Lipids in health and disease 15
- Katrin Kuhnt
- Stefanie Weiß
- Michael Kiehntopf
- Gerhard Jahreis
- PubMed: 26892399
- DOI: 10.1186/s12944-016-0199-2
- High evidence
Comparing all treatments, the effectiveness of increasing EPA and DPA in plasma, RBC, and PBMC was on average 100:25:10:0 and 100:50:25:0 for FO:EO:LO:OO, respectively
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 5 g ALA daily