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Maternal intake of dietary virgin coconut oil modifies essential fatty acids and causes low body weight and spiky fur in mice

Gunasekaran R 1 , Shaker MR 1 , Mohd-Zin SW 1 , Abdullah A 2 , Ahmad-Annuar A 3 , Abdul-Aziz NM 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. noisha@ummc.edu.my
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2017 Jan 28;17(1):79.
PMID: 28129764 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1600-z

Abstract

Coconut oil is commonly used as herbal medicine worldwide. There is limited information regarding its effects on the developing embryo and infant growth.

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