Wikis > General Medicine > Nutritional Disorders > Vitamin, Mineral and Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency & Toxicity > Essential fatty acids
Essential fatty acids (linoleic, linolenic, arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, docosahexaenoic acids):
Sources – vegetable seed oils, margarine, fish oils
Function – membrane structures; precursors of prostaglandins, leukotrienes, prostacyclins, thromboxanes and hydroxy acids
Deficiency growth cessation, peripheral neuropathy
Effect on lower limb –
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