Artemia has been widely used in aquaculture as a suitable live food. The presence of highly unsaturated fatty acids is a key factor that determines the nutritional value and marketing of Artemia for shrimp, marine larvae, sturgeon and ornamental fish industries. To determine the variation in nutritional content in cysts, decapsulated cysts and nauplii of Artemia from three different biotopes of...

Malonyl-CoA, generated by acetyl-CoA carboxylases ACC1 and ACC2, is a key metabolite in the control of fatty acid synthesis and oxidation in response to dietary changes. ACC2 is associated to the mitochondria, and Acc2-/- mice have a normal lifespan and higher fatty acid oxidation rate and accumulate less fat. Mutant mice fed high-fat/high-carbohydrate diets weighed less than their WT cohorts, ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze quantitatively the fatty acid composition of the milk of Taiwanese women. METHODS Two hundred and sixty-nine human milk specimens were obtained from 240 Taiwanese mothers, aged 19-41 years, and subjected to chromatographic analysis. RESULTS Milk specimens were pooled by the mothers' districts of residence and lactation stages, at 0-11 days...

Strategic in pathophysiological homeostasis (following injury), as well as cellular, tissue and organismic protection are acute and chronic inflammatory responses [1,2]. Consequently, the pathogenesis and progression of cardiovascular and other diseases is initiated and perpetuated by this phenomenon. Efforts to normalize or control inflammatory processes include pharmacological, dietary and be...

Aim: The treatment of schizophrenia is commonly viewed from a pharmacological and social perspective, but issues of broader lifestyle are frequently examined. Effective antipsychotic medicines are available that usually only partially relieve the symptoms. Recently, the omega-3 fatty acid EPA has been shown to be a powerful adjunct. This article focuses on omega 3 fatty acid and its importance ...

It is becoming clear that an adequate level of long-chain highly unsaturated fatty acids in the nervous system is required for optimal function and development; however, the ability of infants to biosynthesize long-chain fatty acids is unknown. This study explores the capacity of human infants to convert 18-carbon essential fatty acids to their elongated and desaturated forms, in vivo. A newly ...

BACKGROUND The acyl carrier protein (ACP) is an essential and ubiquitous component of microbial synthesis of fatty acids, the natural precursor to biofuels. Natural fatty acids usually contain long chains of 16 or more carbon atoms. Shorter carbon chains, with increased fuel volatility, are desired for internal combustion engines. Engineering the length specificity of key proteins in fatty acid...

Omega-3 fatty acid desaturases catalyze the conversion of dienoic fatty acids (C18:2 and C16:2) into trienoic fatty acids (C18:3 and C16:3), accounting for more than 50% of the total fatty acids in higher plants and the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Here, we describe a Thr residue located in the fourth transmembrane domain of fatty acid desaturase 7 (FAD7) that is essential for the...

In this study fatty acid contents, because of the importance in human’s life, and their seasonal variations of a dominant bivalve of Haleh Creek were determined for the first time. Fatty acid identification was done by GC-MS (Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry) method. After collecting and dissecting the species from the shells, samples weighed and frozen for further experiments. All the samp...

Gas-liquid chromatography was used to study the blood content of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, under the influence of the functionally-associated vitamin-B complex, in 45 patients with coronary heart disease and essential hypertension. The vitamins were given daily in the following doses: thiamine diphosphate 50 mg, riboflavine 40 mg, calcium pantothenate 200 mg, nicotinic acid 200 mg ...