Pro-thrombotic effects of a folic acid deficient diet in rat platelets and macrophages related to elevated homocysteine and decreased n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Durand, P

Pro-thrombotic effects of a folic acid deficient diet in rat platelets and macrophages related to elevated homocysteine and decreased n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. [electronic resource] - Atherosclerosis Apr 1996 - 231-43 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0021-9150

10.1016/0021-9150(95)06724-8 doi


Animals
Blood Coagulation--drug effects
Blood Platelets--drug effects
Chromatography, Liquid
Diet
Eicosanoids--biosynthesis
Erythrocytes--drug effects
Fatty Acids, Omega-3--blood
Folic Acid--pharmacology
Folic Acid Deficiency--blood
Glutathione--blood
Homocysteine--blood
Lipid Peroxidation
Macrophages, Peritoneal--drug effects
Oxidative Stress--physiology
Phospholipids--blood
Platelet Aggregation--drug effects
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Thromboplastin--metabolism
Thromboxanes--biosynthesis