Preexistent cardiopulmonary disease in humans appears to enhance susceptibility to the adverse effects of ambient particulate matter. Previous studies in this laboratory have demonstrated enhanced inflammation and mortality after intratracheal instillation (IT) and inhalation (INH) of residual oil fly ash (ROFA) in a rat model of pulmonary hypertension induced by monocrotaline (MCT). The presen...

Wistar rats were fed various atherogenic diets containing 5% cholesterol, 0.3y0 thiouracil, 2y0 bile salt, and 40% fat (butter, corn oil, peanut oil, or medium-chain triglycerides (MCT)). Blood specimens were obtained weekly for counting lipid-laden leukocytes (lipophages) and serum cholesterol levels were determined. The lipophages in circulating blood were defined as leukocytes, usually monoc...

The bulk of fatty acids found in our diets consists of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA), which are molecules containing 12 or more carbon atoms. In contrast, medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) are composed of 8-10 carbon atoms, and are found in palm kernel oil, among other types of foods. MCFA have attracted attention as being part of a healthy diet, because they are absorbed directly into the portal...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of chronic (1 wk) feeding of dietary triacylglycerol (TG) of varying fatty acid composition on small intestinal and hepatic apolipoprotein expression, as well as serum lipid and apolipoprotein concentrations, in newborn swine. Two-day-old female swine were fed one of three diets by gavage with the following lipid composition: medium-chain TG...

Fatty acid content from virgin coconut oil (VCO) is a medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) group. MCT stable at very low and high temperatures, the color does not turn black due to addition of heat so that it can be developed into beneficial cooking for health. Therefore, study was conducted on fatty acids in VCO after being heated temperatures 150, 200, 250°C 60 minutes. Analysis control VCO(T0), w...

In this study, the impact of different contents medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCT) and long-chain (LCT) as carrier oils mixed with trans-cinnamaldehyde (TCA) on properties sodium caseinate-stabilized nanoemulsions was investigated. The obtained results showed that use a oil improves significantly TCA emulsion stability, which can be attributed to reduction solubility in aqueous phase followed ...

248 Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology | Volume 38 | Issue 2 | April-June 2017 oil instead of standard MCT. In the next month, his ketone level was equal to 4.8 mg/dl and the patient developed calf muscle pain and cramp in his legs. Additional magnesium at dosage 350 mg/day was prescribed for correcting this problem and the patient returned to normal. With these nutritional modif...

Most preterm infant formulas contain mediumchain triacylglycerols (MCT), but the effects of MCT on polyunsaturated fatty acid status and metabolism are controversial. Thus, we studied the effects of MCT on linoleic acid metabolism using stable isotopes. Enterally fed preterm infants were randomized to receive for 7 days 40% of fat as MCT (n 10) or a formula without MCT (n 9). At study day 5, in...

Cereal Chem. 71(6):553-556 This study was designed to determine the energy values of three fed MCTs deposited significantly (P < 0.05) less fat in their carcass than commercially available medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), using young did those fed a conventional fat (baker's shortening). Primarily because rats as the test model. These MCTs, with slightly different C-8 to C of this, calculatio...