The influence of low dietary linoleic acid level (an essential fatty acid deficiency) on the intestine mucosal morphology and the purified brush border membrane (BBM) lipid composition was investigated in the rat. Electron micrographs and morphometric measurements showed that villi and crypt sizes as well as the ultrastructure of epithelial cells were altered. Cholesterol (CHOL) and phospholipi...

Castor bean has not been well studied in different genotypes and geographic zones despite its application industry medicine. Recently, the use of castor beans as biodiesel makes this plant a point interest for researchers. However, more studies are needed evaluating from ecologies. The effect climatic zones, Adana Mersin, on fatty acid profile chaster seed oils was investigated. It found that l...

traditional raw milk cheese is one of the most consuming cheeses in the world. kurdish cheese is a semi-firm, traditionally made in the east of iran. it is manufactured from raw sheep or cow milk and kept in goat’s skin bags during ripening period. as a result kurdish cheese is often more complex in different varieties of microorganisms, which whose organoleptic properties make it highly esteem...

Algal preparations from Acetabularia crenulata were analyzed for their fatty acid composition to establish the suitability of this alga as a model to study fatty acid oxidation and oxylipin biosynthesis. The work was based on two goals. The first goal of this study was to determine the contribution of fatty acids from contaminating bacteria and how this influenced the total fatty acid compositi...

Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) purified from monkey interphotoreceptor matrix contains relatively high concentrations of endogenous fatty acids, 6.51 mol/mol of protein. Sixty-five percent of the total fatty acid bound to IRBP was found to be noncovalently attached, with the remainder covalently bound. The fatty acids are not residual components of phospholipids or neutral l...

Refeeding starved rats a fat-free diet over a 48 hr period brings about a marked elevation in the activity of the enzymes in liver cytoplasm which catalyze the synthesis of saturated fatty acids from acetyl CoA and malonyl CoA. Acetate incorporation into palmitoleic and oleic acid is also accelerated during this period. Enhanced capability for the synthesis of these fatty acids is reflected in ...

Growing evidence suggests that dairy intake is inversely associated with type 2 diabetes risk, however current literature is inconclusive and few studies have evaluated dairy’s effects on the underlying disorders of the disease. This thesis aimed to investigate the relationship between the dairy specific serum fatty acid biomarkers pentadecanoic acid (15:0) and trans-palmitoleic acid (trans 16:...