Biohydrogenation of C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids by anaerobic bacteria

Biohydrogenation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Rumen Bacteria.

Polan, C. E. (North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina, Raleigh), J. J. McNeill, and S. B. Tove. Biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids by rumen bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 88:1056-1064. 1964.-A simple, rapid, specific assay for the biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids was developed. With this assay, it was shown that washed suspensions of mixed rumen bacteria hydrogenat...

Eicosanoids are a group of oxygenated fatty-acid derivatives formed from C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids

derivatives of C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Two main pathways are involved in the production of eicosanoids. The lipoxygenase (LO) pathway transforms PUFAs into lipoxins, leukotrienes and monohydroxy fatty acids, whereas the cyclo-oxygenase pathway produces prostaglandins and thromboxanes. These pathways predominantly use two PUFAs, arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6) and eicosapentaenoi...

Production of polyunsaturated fatty acids by microorganisms.

Metabolic Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Chickens: A Review

Chicken has been used as a suitable model for lipid metabolism studies, because dietary modifications especially dietary fat type can change chicken body composition. Fats act as a condense source of energy and certain fatty acids such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are required for both animal and human health. The n-3 PUFAs, especially, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic ...

Polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine bacteria--a dogma rewritten.