Colloidal rods immersed in a thermotropic liquid-crystalline solvent are at the basis of so-called hybrid liquid crystals which characterized by tunable nematic fluidity with symmetries ranging from conventional uniaxial or anti-nematic to orthorhombic [Mundoor et al., Science 360, 768 (2018)]. We provide theoretical analysis elastic moduli such systems considering interactions between individu...

Introduction CLA refer to a group of octadecadienoic acid isomers that contain two conjugated double bonds. CLA can be found in natural food sources, such as dairy products or meat of ruminant animals. Considerable attention has been directed recently to CLA based on their ability to act as preventive agents in experimental rat mammary carcinogenesis, irrespective of the type or level of fat pr...

Previous data demonstrated that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) reduced eicosanoid release from select organs. We hypothesized that one active CLA isomer was responsible for the reduced prostaglandin release and that the mechanism was through the inhibition of inducible cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). Here, we examined the effects of 10t,12c-CLA and 9c,11t-CLA on COX-2 protein/mRNA expression, prostag...

Magnetic fields have been used to produce well aligned nematic liquid crystalline and colloidal crystalline samples of nearly monodisperse tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Hydrodynamic instabilities induced by reorientation in a magnetic field have been studied in the well aligned nematic liquid crystalline samples.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to enhance the bioavailability of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which has low water solubility, using nanoemulsion technology and to evaluate the effects of its improved bioavailability as an antiobesity agent. METHODS The antiobesity effect of nanoemulsified water-soluble conjugated linoleic acid (N-CLA) was evaluated using in vitro and in vivo studies....