ArticleLipids in health and disease2014
Commentary on a trial comparing krill oil versus fish oil.
Article in Lipids in health and disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Analysis of Fatty Acid Compositions and Acid Values of Krill Oil Supplementary Products from the Korean Market.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Review
- Anti-pain and anti-inflammation like effects of Neptune krill oil and fish oil against carrageenan induced inflammation in mice models: Current statues and pilot study.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2019Article
- A reexamination of krill oil bioavailability studies.Lipids in health and disease · 2014Article
- Linoleate appears to protect against palmitate-induced inflammation in Huh7 cells.Lipids in health and disease · 2014Article
- Response to commentary on a trial comparing krill oil versus fish oil.Lipids in health and disease · 2014Article
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Abstract
Considerable interest exists presently in comparing the performance of krill oil (KO) and fish oil (FO) supplements. Ramprasath et al. (Lipids Health Dis12:178, 2013) have recently compared use of KO and FO in a trial with healthy individuals to examine which oil is more effective in increasing n-3 PUFA, decreasing the n-6:n-3 ratio and improving the omega-3 index. The authors concluded that KO was more effective than FO for all three criteria. However, careful examination of the fatty acid profiles of the oils used showed that the FO used was not a typical FO; it contained linoleic acid as the dominant fatty acid (32%) and an n-6:n-3 ratio of >1. Due to the fatty acid profile being non-representative of typically commercially marketed FO, the conclusions presented by Ramrasath et al. (Lipids Health Dis12:178, 2013) are not justified and misleading. Considerable care is needed in ensuring that such comparative trials do not use inappropriate ingredients.
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