Ross E
Department of Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.
Nutr Rev. 1993 Feb;51(2):47-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1993.tb03067.x.
Recent studies suggest that marine fish-oil supplements, which are rich in n-3 fatty acids, may reduce the inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis. Fish oils may exert their beneficial effects by shifting eicosanoid synthesis to less inflammatory species or by modulating tissue levels of certain cytokines.
