Palm oil has long been incriminated in obesity, and this obesity would be responsible for the development of cardiac fibrosis, several authors have evoked role free radicals pathophysiological mechanism fibrotic response linked to obesity; aim study was therefore evaluate profile NOX2 fibrosis rats subjected a diet rich fat vegetable oils, case palm oil. A total forty young male Wistar were die...

In this era of information technology and strategic advances in molecular based sciences, one would have expected the knowledge of fats, fatty acids and their association with diseases to have been wrapped up in a package, neat and simple enough to win the confidence of consumers. Yet, fats the much-touted macronutrient, continues to taunt humans, demonstrating various physiological effects tha...

Consumption of trans fats is associated with an increase of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. To comply with regulatory policies and public health authorities recommendations, trans fats should be replaced in food products. The study by Sundram et al. (Nutrition & Metabolism 2007, 4:3) reporting the effect on CVD risk factors of interesterified fat (IE) and partially hydrogenated soybean oil (...

Palm olein and sesame seed oil were blended at varying ratios; changes in their physicochemical and sensory characteristics were determined. Increasing amounts of SSO (from 10 to 20, 30 and 40%) and decreasing amounts of PO (from 90, 80, 70 and 60%) in the blends, results in increase in the degree of unsaturation. FFA increased from 0.25% (90 PO: 10 SSO) to 0.65%. (60 PO: 40 SSO). Blending alte...