In this study, a full-length cDNA of the acyl-ACP thioesterase, AhFatA, was cloned from developing seeds of Arachis hypogaea L. by 3'-RACE. Sequence analysis showed that the open reading frame encodes a peptide of 372 amino acids and has 50-70% identity with FatA from other plants. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis revealed that AhFatA was expressed in all tissues of A. hypogaea L., but most ...

Polyunsaturated fatty acids found in animals are fundamental products of successive desaturations and elongations of linoleic ( 18 : 2 , r i 6), a-holenic ( lX:3,ri 3) , oleic ( 18 : 1 , r i 9) and palmitoleic ( 16 : 1 , t i 7) acids. The most important ones are those derived from linoleic and a-linolenic acids and they have major physiological implications. The enzymes responsible for the desa...

The changes in lipid and fatty acid contents after soaking, cooking, germination and fermentation of three white sorghum varieties were studied to improve cereal quality. The results revealed that oil in raw sorghum varieties ranged from 3.58 to 3.91%, respectively and ‘Dorado’ represents the highest variety in oil content. As general trend after germination, oil content was decreased. Fatty ac...

Obesity and saturated fatty acid (SFA) treatment are both associated with skeletal muscle insulin resistance (IR) and increased macrophage infiltration. However, the relative effects of SFA and unsaturated fatty acid (UFA)-activated macrophages on muscle are unknown. Here, macrophages were treated with palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid or both and the effects of the conditioned medium (CM) on C2C...

background: fatty acids are the main compounds in edible oils. oil thermal stability depends on the composition of fatty acids. so, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of fatty acid composition on the oxidative stability of extra virgin olive oil during heating process.  methods: totally, eight virgin olive oil samples, including five imported oils from market place of mahabad an...