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Dietary marine-derived long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular disease risk: a mini review

Overview of attention for article published in Lipids in Health and Disease, November 2016
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Title
Dietary marine-derived long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular disease risk: a mini review
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Lipids in Health and Disease, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12944-016-0366-5
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Zhi-Hong Yang, Beatrice Emma-Okon, Alan T. Remaley

Abstract

Regular fish/fish oil consumption is widely recommended for protection against cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Fish and other marine life are rich sources of the cardioprotective long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5 n-3; EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6 n-3; DHA). The lipid content and fatty acid profile of fish, however, vary greatly among different fish species. In addition to n-3 PUFA, certain fish, such as saury, pollock, and herring, also contain high levels of long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids (LCMUFA), with aliphatic tails longer than 18 C atoms (i.e., C20:1 and C22:1 isomers). Compared with well-studied n-3 PUFA, limited information, however, is available on the health benefits of marine-derived LCMUFA, particularly in regard to CVD. Our objective in this review is to summarize the current knowledge and provide perspective on the potential therapeutic value of dietary LCMUFA-rich marine oil for improving CVD risk factors. We will also review the possible mechanisms of LCMUFA action on target tissues. Finally, we describe the epidemiologic data and small-scaled clinical studies that have been done on marine oils enriched in LCMUFA. Although there are still many unanswered questions about LCMUFA, this appears to be promising new area of research that may lead to new insights into the health benefits of a different component of fish oils besides n-3 PUFA.

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Unknown 72 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 10%
Student > Master 7 10%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Other 16 22%
Unknown 21 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 10%
Chemistry 3 4%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 23 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 February 2024.
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