Essential fatty acid conversion

biosynthesis · cardiovascular · nervous · digestive

Essential fatty acid conversion. Δ6/Δ5 desaturase, ALA → EPA → DHA, LA → AA. Biosynthesis pathway. Where omega_fatty_acid_metabolism covers the clinical-effect arm…

Modulators

• alpha-linolenic-acid — substrate
• epa — substrate
• dha — substrate
• epa-dha — substrate
• fish-oil — substrate
• gla — substrate
• arachidonic-acid — substrate
• sea-buckthorn-oil — substrate

Sources: PMID:19269799, PMID:35908848