Intestinal transference of calcium and rate of bone turnover were evaluated in ovariectomized rats fed for 15 days with a high amount (30%) of lipid enriched with monounsaturated (groundnut oil), polyunsaturated (sunflower oil) and saturated (coconut oil) fatty acids. The results were compared with those for sham-operated control and ovariectomized groups fed a normal diet (7% groundnut oil). I...

The aim of the present work was to assess the influence of dietary lipid source on fatty acid phospholipid profiles and on lipid mobilization. Forty male Wistar rats were divided into four groups and fed on high-fat diets which provided olive oil, sunflower oil, palm oil or beef tallow. All rats received the same amount of energy to avoid hyperphagia and differences in energy intake among group...

This work was designed to investigate the effect of different lipid sources on ob gene expression and serum leptin levels in rats with two different feeding protocols: (1) free access to food; or (2) energy-controlled feeding. Male Wistar rats were fed diets containing 40 % energy as fat (olive oil, sunflower oil or beef tallow), for 4 weeks. In Expt 1 rats had free access to food, and in Expt ...

More people feed birds and other wildlife than hunt and fish combined. Despite its popularity, many bird-feeding traditions lack scientific data. We examined seed and feeder use by wild birds in the United States and Canada, and how seed use may change by season and geographic region. Between 2005 and 2008, 173 individuals from 38 states and 3 provinces in Canada made 20,077, 45-minute observat...

The aim of this experiment was to assess the effects of four different feeding programs designed to include tallow, a saturated fat at 0, 8, 12, and 28 d prior to slaughter on female broiler performance and the deposition, fatty acid profile, and melting point of abdominal fat. The following treatment groups were established according to dietary inclusion--from 21 to 49 d of age--of: sunflower ...

The rectal insufflation of a judicious dose of ozone, selected from that used in clinical practice, is able to promote oxidative preconditioning or oxidative stress tolerance preventing the hepatocellular damage mediated by free radicals. In order to evaluate the effects of ozone oxidative preconditioning on carbon tetrachloride-mediated hepatotoxicity, the following experimental protocol was d...

Physical exercise and fatty acids have been studied in relation to mitochondrial composition and function in rat liver, heart, and skeletal muscle. Male rats were divided into two groups according to dietary fat type (virgin olive and sunflower oils). One-half of the animals from each group were subjected to a submaximal exercise for 8 weeks; the other half acted as sedentary controls. Coenzyme...

The gelation process of mixtures of γ-oryzanol and sitosterol structurants in sunflower oil was studied using light scattering, rheology, and micro-scanning calorimetry (Micro-DSC). The relation between temperature and the critical aggregation concentration (CAC) of tubule formation of γ-oryzanol and sitosterol was determined using these techniques. The temperature dependence of the CAC was use...

INTRODUCTION The aim of study was to estimate the qualitative and quantitative composition of moulds colonizing sunflower seeds on RBCA, YpSs, DG18 media at 25, 37, and 45°C. MATERIAL Twenty samples of sunflower seeds (not roasted and not salted) were used for the analysis. The highest number of moulds were xerophilic species isolated on DG18 at 25°C (33), followed by mesophilic species (29) ...

Rosqvist, F. 2016. Dietary Fatty Acids, Body Composition and Ectopic Fat . Results from Overfeeding Studies in Humans. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1358. 94 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9523-7. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of dietary fatty acids on body composition and ectopic fat i...