Biomaterial Database

The effect of oral linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid (Efamol [G]). 1985

A M Strong, and A Campbell, and J Thomson

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008041	Linoleic Acids	Eighteen-carbon essential fatty acids that contain two double bonds.	Acids, Linoleic
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010938	Plant Oils	Oils derived from plants or plant products.	Oils, Plant,Oils, Vegetable,Plant Oil,Vegetable Oil,Vegetable Oils,Oil, Plant,Oil, Vegetable
D005228	Fatty Acids, Essential	Long chain organic acid molecules that must be obtained from the diet. Examples are LINOLEIC ACIDS and LINOLENIC ACIDS.	Acids, Essential Fatty,Essential Fatty Acids
D005231	Fatty Acids, Unsaturated	FATTY ACIDS in which the carbon chain contains one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bonds.	Fatty Acids, Polyunsaturated,Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid,Unsaturated Fatty Acid,Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids,Acid, Polyunsaturated Fatty,Acid, Unsaturated Fatty,Acids, Polyunsaturated Fatty,Acids, Unsaturated Fatty,Fatty Acid, Polyunsaturated,Fatty Acid, Unsaturated,Unsaturated Fatty Acids
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012595	Scleroderma, Systemic	A chronic multi-system disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. It is characterized by SCLEROSIS in the SKIN, the LUNGS, the HEART, the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, the KIDNEYS, and the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. Other important features include diseased small BLOOD VESSELS and AUTOANTIBODIES. The disorder is named for its most prominent feature (hard skin), and classified into subsets by the extent of skin thickening: LIMITED SCLERODERMA and DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA.	Sclerosis, Systemic,Systemic Scleroderma,Systemic Sclerosis
D017965	gamma-Linolenic Acid	An omega-6 fatty acid produced in the body as the delta 6-desaturase metabolite of linoleic acid. It is converted to dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid, a biosynthetic precursor of monoenoic prostaglandins such as PGE1. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)	Gamolenic Acid,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Ammonium Salt,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Cerium Salt,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Indium Salt,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Lithium Salt,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Potassium Salt,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Sodium Salt,gamma-Linolenic Acid, Zinc Salt,Acid, Gamolenic,Acid, gamma-Linolenic,gamma Linolenic Acid,gamma Linolenic Acid, Ammonium Salt,gamma Linolenic Acid, Cerium Salt,gamma Linolenic Acid, Indium Salt,gamma Linolenic Acid, Lithium Salt,gamma Linolenic Acid, Potassium Salt,gamma Linolenic Acid, Sodium Salt,gamma Linolenic Acid, Zinc Salt