Biodiesel from most agricultural feedstocks has flow properties that are prone to startup and operability problems during cold weather. Biodiesel from soybean oil is generally a mixture of long-chain fatty acid alkyl esters composed of 0.15–0.20 mass fraction saturated esters (melting point [MP] 0 C) mixed with unsaturated esters (MP \ 0 C). This work investigates the crystallization properties...

Biodiesel is obtained from a renewable source and has been used as an alternative to fossil fuels. It has unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters that can degrade due to oxidation of the double bonds. The instability of biodiesel during storage may cause problems regarding the maintenance and operation of motors. This work evaluated the effect of several variables on the storage conditions of biod...

Ozonolysis of methyl oleate monolayers at the air-water interface results in surprisingly rapid loss of material through cleavage of the C=C bond and evaporation/dissolution of reaction products. We determine using neutron reflectometry a rate coefficient of (5.7 ± 0.9) × 10(-10) cm(2) molecule(-1) s(-1) and an uptake coefficient of ∼3 × 10(-5) for the oxidation of a methyl ester monolayer: the...

Fatty acid methyl esters are the major radioactive lipid products obtained after incubation of rat lung membranes with [methyl-3H or 14C]S-adenosylmethionine. Evidence which suggests an enzymatic transmethylation includes: time and protein dependence, lack of reaction at 0 degrees C or with heat-denatured membranes, an apparent affinity for S-adenosylmethionine of about 1 microM, inhibition by ...

Oleate content is important for the nutritional value and oxidative stability of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seed oil. Response to selection for higher oleate content depends on its heritability in breeding populations, and correlated responses of other fatty acid and agronomic traits to selection for oleate content depend on their genetic correlations with oleate. The objective of this st...

BACKGROUND Several translational studies have identified the differential role between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids at cardiovascular level. However, the molecular mechanisms that support the protective role of oleate in cardiovascular cells are poorly known. For these reasons, we studied the protective role of oleate in the insulin resistance and in the atherosclerotic process at cell...

The incorporation of cholesteryl oleate and triolein into phospholipid vesicles was studied in cosonicated mixtures of 94 weight % egg phosphatidylcholine and 6 weight % neutral lipid (0-6% triolein and 6-0% cholesteryl oleate). 13C NMR spectroscopy was used to quantitate both neutral lipids in vesicles containing 90% isotopically substituted [carbonyl-13C]cholesteryl oleate and [carbonyl-13C]t...

The association between metabolic diseases and the risk of developing cancer is emerging. However, the impact of long pentraxin-3 (PTX3) on dyslipidemia-associated tumor metastasis remains unknown. In this study, we found that oleate induced PTX3 expression and secretion through the activation of Akt/NF-κB pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs). The activation of NF-κB was e...

Silica-based heterogeneous catalyst derived from rice husk ash (RHA) was used for the transformation of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) into biodiesel. The production biodiesel PFAD conducted via esterification and transesterification employing Huskcatacid Huskcatbase, respectively. analyzed different parameters, i.e., amount catalyst, oil to methanol ratio, temperature, reaction times. outco...