milk and dairy products are in diet almost every day. milk fat contains 70% of saturated fatty acids which can cause an increase in total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the risk of cardiovascular diseases. therefor, modification of fat composition at dairy products such as yoghurt seems necessary. walnut has high amount of essential fatty acids, anti oxidants and other beneficial ...

Linoleic acid (all cis) changes into arachidonic acid in the liver of rat. This is facilitated by vitamin Bo according to Holman et al.1-3 The authors confirmed this and further clarified the following facts .4 Such change from linoleic acid to arachidonic acid was more pronounced in the phospholipid of the liver. In the phospholipid, arachidonic acid changed into linoleic acid but vitamin B6 d...

Omega-3 (ω-3) fatty acids are one of the two main families of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The main omega-3 fatty acids in the mammalian body are α-linolenic acid (ALA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Central nervous tissues of vertebrates are characterized by a high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids. Moreover, in the human brain, DHA is conside...

The fatty acid composition of the triglyceride in adipose tissue in a case of generalized deficiency of cytochrome b5 reductase in congenital methemoglobinemia with mental retardation was analyzed and compared with age-matched controls. The proportions of linoleic acid, linolenic acid and arachidonic acid were decreased to less than half of normal level. There was a decrease in total unsaturate...

The various gross symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency in the rat are well recognized, but little is known about the metabolic features of this disease. The purpose of this investigation was to study the influence of fat deficiency on the rate of absorption and transport of fat through the intestinal mucosa. The scheme of fat labeling by the use of spectroscopically active methyl esters ...

A deficiency in essential fatty acid metabolism has been widely reported in both human and animal diabetes. Fish oil supplementations (n-3 fatty acids), containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), were less effective on diabetic neuropathy than (n-6) fatty acids. This partial effect of (n-3) fatty acids might be attributed to the presence of EPA, a competitor of arach...

CPT (carnitine palmitoyltransferase) II muscle deficiency is the most common form of muscle fatty acid metabolism disorders. In contrast to carnitine deficiency, it is clinically characterized by attacks of myalgia and rhabdomyolysis without persistent muscle weakness and lipid accumulation in muscle fibers. The biochemical consequences of the disease-causing mutations are still discussed contr...