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     Eicosanoids are hormone like autacoids (auto=self, akos=healing) formed by body tissues during self-healing responses to stimuli. They are formed from tissue highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) that we acquire only by eating essential fatty acids (EFA) in foods or supplements. The balance of dietary omega-3 and omega-6 EFA affects the balance of tissue HUFA and therefore the balance of omega-3 and omega-6 eicosanoid actions.

Eicosanoids Overview
  Stories for beginners
  Many Different Disorders
  Many Different Eicosanoids
  Many Different Receptors
  EFA Chain Lengths
  Events linking diet and disease

Lifestyle Diversity
  Diversity among people
  Tissue Diversity
  Diet-Tissue Balance
  Ethnic Food Choices
  NIH Workshop, 2000
  Dietary Reference Intakes
 		Eicosanoids Background
   Annotated References
   EFA in food oils ODS

   

Related External Links
   Related Reading, Videocasts and Meetings
   Essential Fatty Acid education
   Polyunsaturated Lipid Function
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   NIH Special Interest Groups
   PUFA Newsletter

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