Novel high‐docosahexaenoic‐acid tuna oil supplementation modulates gut microbiota and alleviates obesity in high‐fat diet mice

• Published in: Food science & nutrition Vol. 8; no. 12; pp. 6513 - 6527
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jing, Yi, Congmin, Han, Jiaojiao, Ming, Tinghong, Zhou, Jun, Lu, Chenyang, Li, Ye, Su, Xiurong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Arginine; Cholesterol; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diet; dietary obesity; Dietary supplements; Digestive system; DNA; Docosahexaenoic acid; Dysbacteriosis; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Fish oils; Food; Gastrointestinal tract; Gut microbiota; High fat diet; Intestinal microflora; Intestine; Laboratory animals; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; Metabolism; Metabolites; Microbiota; Nitrogen; novel high‐DHA tuna oil; Obesity; Original Research; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Proline; novel high‐DHA tuna oil; dietary obesity; gut microbiota

Studies have documented the benefits of fish oil in different diseases because of its high n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content. However, these studies mostly used commercially available fish oil supplements with a ratio of 18/12 for eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). However, i...