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Chapter 13
Nutritional and Health Benefits
of Seafoods
Sadia Hassan, Neelam Faiza, Muhammad Adil Farooq,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, and Mihnea-Alexandru Găman
Abbreviations
ATS
atherosclerosis
BMI
body mass index
BP
blood pressure
CHD
coronary heart disease
CVD
cardiovascular disease
DHA
docosahexaenoic acid
EPA
eicosapentaenoic acid
GLUT4 glucose transporter-4
HDL
high-density lipoprotein
HF
heart failure
Hg
mercury
hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
LDL
low-density lipoproteins
PC
phosphatidylcholine
PEA
phosphatidylethanolamine
S. Hassan (*) · N. Faiza
Institute of Home and Food Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences,
Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
M. A. Farooq
Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
C. Egbuna
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria
Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence,
Centre for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR),
University of Port-Harcourt, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
M.-A. Găman
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy & Centre of Hematology
and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania