The Staphylococcus aureus Response to Unsaturated Long Chain Free Fatty Acids: Survival Mechanisms and Virulence Implications. [PDF]
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human commensal and opportunistic pathogen responsible for a wide range of infections. Long chain unsaturated free fatty acids represent a barrier to colonisation and infection by S.
Horsburgh Malcolm J. +26 more
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Fatty acids are long-chain hydrocarbons. They are called unsaturated fatty acids when they lack the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms attached to every carbon atom. For example, if stearic acid, which has 18 carbon atoms and frequently occurs in animal and plant fats, is missing 2 hydrogen atoms, then a double bond is present and the resulting ...
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Effect of animal and industrial trans fatty acids on HDL and LDL cholesterol levels in humans - a quantitative review [PDF]
Background: Trans fatty acids are produced either by industrial hydrogenation or by biohydrogenation in the rumens of cows and sheep. Industrial trans fatty acids lower HDL cholesterol, raise LDL cholesterol, and increase the risk of coronary heart ...
Wanders Anne J. +13 more
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Inverse Association between trans Isomeric and Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Pregnant Women and Their Newborns: Data from Three European Countries [PDF]
Background: trans unsaturated fatty acids are thought to interfere with essential fatty acid metabolism. To extend our knowledge of this phenomenon, we investigated the relationship between trans isomeric and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids ...
Krauss-Etschmann, S. +23 more
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Effects of preconditioning and extrusion of linseed on the ruminal biohydrogenation of fatty acids 1. In vivo studies [PDF]
The extent and intermediates of ruminal biohydrogenation (BH) of fatty acids (FA) from a blend of linseed and wheat bran (70:30) were investigated in the rumen fluid, rumen particle phase and duodenal flow.
Francis Enjalbert +8 more
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Background The original anaerobic unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis pathway proposed by Goldfine and Bloch was based on in vivo labeling studies in Clostridium butyricum ATCC 6015 (now C.
Zhu Lei +7 more
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THE EFFECT OF TRANS FATTY ACID DIET ON BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL OF WISTAR RATS (A PRELIMINARY STUDY) [PDF]
Background: Trans fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids that contain at least one double bond in the trans configuration and formed through the process of partial hydrogenation.
Setyawati, Amallia Nuggetsiana +2 more
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Fatty acids composition in Pistachio [PDF]
Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.), is an important food source for human health. It has nutritional content rich in protein, fat, fatty acids, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Such as other nuts, pistachio oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids.
Gündüz Leyla Nurefşan +3 more
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Determination of chlorinated fatty acids using SPE, XSD and GC/MS [PDF]
Chlorinated fatty acids (ClFAs) account for a considerable portion of the extractable, organically bound chlorine (EOCl) in aquatic animals. Because of analytical difficulties little is as of yet known about their behaviour in organisms.
Åkesson-Nilsson, Gunilla
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The esterification of cholesterol by rat pancreatic juice and by extracts of acetone powders of rat small intestine was studied with palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids.
S.N. Shah, W.J. Lossow, I.L. Chaikoff
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