The analysis of lipid class and fatty acid (FA) composition in juvenile herrring and sandlance demonstrates a high degree of localized variation in the availability of energy that may be related to the abundance of specific prey. Herring and sandlance juveniles were sampled from several locations around Prince William Sound during a two week period in late July, 1997. Analysis of their lipid cl...

Hydroxy FAs, one of the gut microbial metabolites of PUFAs, have attracted much attention because of their various bioactivities. The purpose of this study was to identify lactic acid bacteria with the ability to convert linoleic acid (LA) to hydroxy FAs. A screening process revealed that a gut bacterium, Lactobacillus acidophilus NTV001, converts LA mainly into 13-hydroxy-cis-9-octadecenoic ac...

Agonists of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) are insulin sensitizers that potently improve lipemia in rodents. This study aimed to determine the contribution of lipid secretion vs. clearance and the involvement of white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT) in the rapid hypolipidemic action of PPARgamma agonism. Male rats were treated with rosiglita...

Modification of hypothalamic fatty acid (FA) metabolism can improve energy homeostasis and prevent hyperphagia and excessive weight gain in diet-induced obesity (DIO) from a diet high in saturated fatty acids. We have shown previously that C75, a stimulator of carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 (CPT-1) and fatty acid oxidation (FAOx), exerts at least some of its hypophagic effects via neuronal m...

Even though extensive research has examined the role of nutrition on milk fat composition, there is less information on the impact of forages on milk fatty acid (FA) composition. In the current study, the effect of replacing grass silage (GS) with maize silage (MS) as part of a total mixed ration on animal performance and milk FA composition was examined using eight multiparous mid-lactation co...

Structured lipids resembling human milk fat (HMF) enriched with omega-3 fatty acids were synthesized by enzymatic acidolysis reactions between tripalmitin, hazelnut oil fatty acids (FA), and omega-3 FA concentrate. Response surface methodology was used to model and optimize the incorporation of omega-3 FA and oleic acid into tripalmitin, in hexane, using immobilized sn-1,3-specific lipase, Lipo...

Current research on lipid metabolism in ruminants aims to improve the growth and health of the animals and the muscle characteristics associated with meat quality. This review, therefore, focuses on fatty acid (FA) metabolism from absorption to partitioning between tissues and metabolic pathways. In young calves, which were given high-fat milk diets, lipid absorption is delayed because the coag...

Debranched waxy rice starch (DBS) and fatty acid (FA; i.e., lauric acid and stearic acid) were dissolved and co-precipitated in acetate buffer solutions pH 3-7. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns of precipitants obtained displayed B-type at low pH (3-5) but Vh-type at pH 7, indicating that DBS precipitated as free form at pH 3-5 but as inclusion complexes with FA at pH 7. The precipita...

Hepatic fatty acid (FA) composition may influence steatosis development in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). In a cross-sectional study, we compared the hepatic FA profile in hepatitis C patients with (n = 9) and without (n = 33) steatosis (> or =5% of hepatocytes involved). FA composition of hepatic and RBC total lipids was measured by gas chromatography. Lipid peroxidation and antioxid...