The Texas citrus industry in the Rio Grande Valley experiences periodic droughts. During such times, water restrictions from the Amistad and Falcon Reservoirs can reduce water available for agriculture. Irrigation in this region is primarily surface waters from the Rio Grande where citrus orchards are flood irrigated. Irrigation practices that use less water are being explored and evaluated. ...

1-Palmitoyl phosphatidylcholines (1-palmitoyl PCs), in which the 2-position was occupied respectively by C10:0, C12:0, C14:0, C14:1, n-7, C16:0, C16:1, n-7, C18:0, C18:1(t), n-9, C18:1, n-9, C18:2, n-6, C18:3, N-3, C18:3, n-6, C18:3(5t,9,12), C22:0, C22:1, n-9, C22:2, n-6, C22:3, n-3, C22:4, n-6, C22:5, n-6 or C22:6, n-3 fatty acids, were studied as monolayer films at the air/water interface. R...

The present case-control study explored the interaction between marine-derived n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC PUFAs) and uric acid (UA) on glucose metabolism and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Two hundred and eleven healthy subjects in control group and 268 T2DM subjects in case group were included. Plasma phospholipid (PL) fatty acids and biochemical parameters we...

We studied the -oxidation of docosanoic acid (C22:0) in rat liver microsomes. C22:0 and 22-hydroxydocosanoic acid ( -hydroxy-C22:0) were used as substrates, and the reaction products were analyzed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In the presence of NADPH, -oxidation of C22:0 produced not only the hydroxylated product, -hydroxy-C22:0, but also the dicarboxylic acid of C22:0, docosan...

Results 8 patients were male, onset age ranged from 5-11 years old, and the course of disease was from 4 months to 3 years. 3 patients presented with reduced vision, 2 patients presented with hyperpigmentation and all patients show different degree nervous system symptoms, such as intelligence breakdown, attention deficit, coordination and communication ability decrease, etc. The measurement of...

We describe an HPLC method for measurement of ratios of concentrations of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) in plasma. The method, which involves ultraviolet detection of p-bromophenacyl derivatives of fatty acids, is validated by comparison with a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) method. The correlation between the ratios of 24-carbon fatty acids to 22-carbon fatty acids (C24/C...

Close polar and circular orbits are of great interest for the exploration natural satellites. There still no studies in literature investigating around Titania, largest satellite Uranus. In this work, we present results a set numerical simulations carried out to obtain long-duration probe Titania. Through an expansion gravitational potential up second order, asymmetry field due Titania’s coeffi...