Consequences of Essential Fatty Acids.docVIP

Nutrients 2012, 4, 1338-1357; doi:10.3390/nu4091338 OPEN ACCESS nutrients ISSN 2072-6643 /journal/nutrients Review Consequences of Essential Fatty Acids Bill Lands 6100 Westchester Park Drive, Apt. 1219, College Park, MD 20740, USA; E-Mail: wlands@; Tel.: +1-301-345-4061 Received: 20 June 2012; in revised form: 18 August 2012 / Accepted: 13 September 2012 / Published: 24 September 2012 Abstract: Essential fatty acids (EFA) are nutrients that form an amazingly large array of bioactive mediators that act on a large family of selective receptors. Nearly every cell and tissue in the h