Abstract Safflower is a minor oilseed crop in Australia where the market is dominated by canola, cottonseed and sunflower. Safflower however offers an alternative oilseed crop in marginal areas. This study was designed to evaluate current safflower lines and to determine their potential value both for edible oil and meal for animal feed. Two sets of samples were analysed. The first was a collec...

Improved glucose tolerance following a sequential meal is known as the second-meal phenomenon. We aimed to investigate its extent and underlying mechanisms in patients with type 2 diabetes. Metabolic responses after lunch in 12 diabetic patients were compared on two separate days: one with (Day BL) and another without (Day FL) breakfast. The responses of hormones were calculated by the incremen...

Apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV is primarily associated with HDL or with the lipoprotein-free fraction of plasma, and in small amounts with chylomicrons and VLDL. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of a fatty meal on the postprandial variation in plasma apo A-IV and on its distribution among lipoprotein fractions following absorption of fat. Twenty healthy male subjects participate...

1. A single glucose meal stimulated the incorporation of acetate into fatty acids in liver slices. If the glucose was added in vitro, it had no effect. Fructose and glycerol in vitro markedly stimulated fatty acid synthesis from acetate. Fructose and glycerol probably by-passed a rate-controlling reaction between glucose and triose phosphate. This reaction may have been stimulated by glucose ad...

Glycogen stored in skeletal muscle is the main fuel for endurance exercise. The present study examined the effects of oral hydroxycitrate (HCA) supplementation on post-meal glycogen synthesis in exercised human skeletal muscle. Eight healthy male volunteers (aged 22·0 (se 0·3) years) completed a 60-min cycling exercise at 70-75 % VO₂max and received HCA or placebo in a crossover design repeated...

Naturally viscous vegetables and natto, made by fermenting soybeans, are very palatable and considered to be healthy foods in Japan. The objective was to assess whether the consumption of natto and viscous vegetables as part of a traditional Japanese breakfast based on high-glycemic index white rice affects glycemic, insulinemic, lipidemic and satiety responses in healthy subjects. Eleven healt...

Ground Flaxseed (Linum uitatissimum) is a lipid supplement that is commonly fed to dairy cows. It is believed that supplemental lipid can change the Fatty Acid (FA) composition in the milk, and decrease methane production. Twenty lactating organic Jersey cows, housed at the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm (ODRF), were randomly assigned to five replicated 4 × 4 Latin squares to investigate the e...

A literature review was made of the influence of nutritional factors on the fatty acid composition of fat deposits and muscles of lambs. A bibliographic data base, containing 979 observations from 108 papers, was made up in such way that one observation corresponded to one group of lambs in one experiment. Each nutritional factor was studied only when number of observations was sufficient. Cons...

We have previously shown that infusion of triglycerides and long chain fatty acids into the ileum of humans and rats delays small bowel transit time. The present studies have investigated the effect on the stomach to caecum transit time of a baked bean meal of the ileal infusion of20mM, 50mM, and 100mM acetic, butyric, hexenoic, and caprylic acids in rats. After an 18 hour fast either a control...