Oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids by leaf tissue

Oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids

Plant leaf systems have been incubated under various conditions with uniformly labeled oleic acid, and the breakdown products identified by gas-liquid chromatography. Young green leaves of the castor plant (Ricinis gibsonii) and of the field pea plant (Pisum sutiuum) catabolize oleic acid by an oxygen-requiring pathway to heptadec-8-enaI which is then dehydrogenated by an NAD-coupled mechanism ...

7449 Microbial Oxidation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

Biosynthesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Bacilli

Significant relationships have been established between the initiation and rate of fatty acid A”-desaturase synthesis in Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14581 and controlled perturbations in culture temperature, cell growth, protein synthesis, and RNA synthesis. B. megaterium growing from inoculum at 35” contained neither unsaturated fatty acids nor the A5-desaturase responsible for their production. ...

Unsaturated fatty acids.

There is good scientific evidence that dietary fatty acid composition is involved in the aetiology of many diseases. Increasing the supply of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may reduce the risk of CHD. Several scientific organizations (for example, see Department of Health, 1991, 1994; British Nutrition Foundation, 1992; Scientific Committee for Food, 1993; Food and Agriculture Organizat...

Hydroformylation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

When hydroformylation of unsaturated fatty materials is done with rhodiu~-tripheny:lphosphine (or phosphite) catalysts, a number of advantages become apparent compared to cobalt carbonyl-catalyzed reactions. With rhodium, the reaction can be carried out (a) at pressures as low as 200 psi, (b) at each double bond location in a polyunsaturated fatty acid, and (c) in high yield and conversion. Sol...