DELTA-5-DESATURASE index

Age is associated with DELTA-5-DESATURASE index in humans.

“The delta-5-desaturase index (D5D) and arachidonic acid (AA)/LA ratio were positively associated with age”

Humanspatients from a metabolic disease clinicplasma and erythrocytesn = 1,277

Age-related alterations in fatty acid metabolism: a clinical study of erythrocyte and plasma profiles in a population from Brandenburg, Germany

Frontiers in aging·10 Apr 2026