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ArticleLipids2014

Fast transmethylation of total lipids in dried blood by microwave irradiation and its application to a population study.

Yu Hong Lin, Jennifer A Hanson, Sarah E Strandjord, Nicholas M Salem, Michael N Dretsch, Mark D Haub, Joseph R Hibbeln

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Article in Lipids, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02908932 (Ranger Resilience and Improved Performance on Phospholipid Bound Omega-3's), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02908932 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Ranger Resilience and Improved Performance on Phospholipid Bound Omega-3's

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of South CarolinaRan2016 to 2018Enrolled555ConditionsNutrition, Fatty Acids, Omega-3, Cognition, Resilience, PsychologicalArmsPhospholipid-bound omega-3 supplement, Placebo supplement
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dried Blood Spots to Assess Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yu Hong LinLaboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA, yulin@mail.nih.gov.
Jennifer A Hanson
Sarah E Strandjord
Nicholas M Salem
Michael N Dretsch
Mark D Haub
Joseph R Hibbeln
National Institutes of Health · USKansas State University · USLouisiana Tech University · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

Nutritional Effects On Essential Fatty Acid CompositionZIAAA000235 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI HIBBELN, JOSEPH · 2009 to 2020
$8.2M
Essential Fatty Acids In Psychiatric DisordersZIAAA000115 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI HIBBELN, JOSEPH · 2009 to 2020
$7.8M
Desaturation Of Essential Fatty Acids Using Stable Isotope GC/MSZIAAA000262 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI HIBBELN, JOSEPH · 2009 to 2020
$2.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AA000262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A methodology combining finger-pricked blood sampling, microwave accelerated fatty acid assay, fast gas chromatography data acquisition, and automated data processing was developed, evaluated and applied to a population study. Finger-pricked blood was collected on filter paper previously impregnated with 0.05 mg of the antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene and air-dried at room temperature. Transmethylation was accelerated by microwave irradiation in an explosion-proof multimode microwave reaction system. The chemical procedure was based on a one-step direct transmethylation procedure catalyzed by acetyl chloride. The short-term stability of PUFA in blood dried on filter paper and storage at room temperature was examined using venous blood. The recoveries ranged from 97 to 101 % for the categorized fatty acids as well as the ratios of n-6 to n-3 PUFA and the n-3 % highly unsaturated fatty acid. Specifically, recoveries were 99, 98, 97, and 97 % for linoleic acid (18:2n-6), arachidonic acid (ARA), α-linolenic acid (ALA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), respectively. The mol% (mean ± SD, 95 % confidence interval) of fatty acid composition in subjects from the population study was determined as 36.2 ± 3.8 (35.8, 36.7), 23.2 ± 3.0 (22.8, 23.5), 36.8 ± 3.5 (36.4, 37.2) and 3.79 ± 1.0 (3.68, 3.91) for the saturated, monounsaturated, n-6 and n-3 PUFA, respectively. Individually, the mean mol% (95 % CI) was 22.6 (22.3, 22.9) for 18:2n-6, 9.5 (9.3, 9.7) for ARA, 0.51 (0.49, 0.53) for ALA, 0.42 (0.38, 0.47) for eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and 1.67 (1.61, 1.73) for DHA. This methodology provides an accelerated yet high-efficiency, chemically safe, and temperature-controlled transmethylation, with diverse laboratory applications including population studies.

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Dried Blood Spot TestingAdolescentAdultFatty AcidsHumansMethylationMicrowavesMiddle AgedYoung AdultFatty Acids

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PMCPMC4138836
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