Docosahexaenic acid (DHA) from dairy. How dietary omega-3 fats from dairy can increase DHA levels to improve

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/399396

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A high level of the omega-3 fat DHA in the blood is related to good health and has benefits on neural development in breastfed infants. Infant formulas have been enriched with preformed DHA but are expensive and may be environmentally unsustainable. Dairy contains DPA, a direct precursor of DHA. I aim to identify DPA-rich dairy sources, produce a safe and inexpensive nutritional powder and validate its efficacy in an animal model and a human infant clinical trial. Based on research outcomes, this powder will be safe and inexpensive and have the potential to be marketed as a Infant Formula Supplement.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $427,887.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

DHA | Dairy | Fatty acids | Nutrition

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