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SUBMITTER: Silva AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7350014 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20200624 12
The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) consists of consumption of vegetables and healthy oils and have beneficial effects on metabolic and inflammatory diseases. Our goal here is to discuss the role of fatty acid content in MedDiet, mostly omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9 on malaria. Malaria affects millions of people around the globe. The parasite Plasmodium causes the disease. The metabolic and inflammatory alterations in the severe forms have damaging consequences to the host. The lipid content in the ...[more]