A study was conducted with male and female adult broiler breeders to determine the effect of feeding a fish oil supplement on selected immune activities. The fish oil was added to the diet such that the n-6:n-3 ratios could meet certain levels. Four hundred Ross 308 broiler breeder hens and 48 Ross 308 broiler breeder roosters at 30 wk of age were randomly assigned to diets containing 3.5% fat ...

Docosahexaenoic acid [22:6(n-3)] is enriched in brain membrane phospholipids and essential for brain function. Neurogenesis during embryonic and fetal development requires synthesis of large amounts of membrane phospholipid. We determined whether dietary (n-3) fatty acid deficiency during gestation alters neurogenesis in the embryonic rat brain. Female rats were fed diets with 1.3% energy [(n-3...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of long-term supplementation of fat in the diets on the fatty acid composition, chemical, mechanical, and histological properties of tibial bone. Month-old male Japanese quail were fed a basal diet containing either soybean oil (SBO), hydrogenated soybean oil (HSBO), chicken fat (CF), or menhaden fish oil (FO) at 50 g/kg of the diet and m...

Here a useful gas chromatography mass spectrometry method for determining levels of fatty acids in the maternal serum was developed and validated. Forty-five mixed standards of fatty acids methyl ester of more geometrical isomers and biological significance were separated on a capillary column with higher polarity and thinner film thickness. The total run time was approximate 36 min. Twenty ser...

PURPOSE Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a feature of metabolic syndrome and has a high prevalence in the general population. OBJECTIVE To determine the severity of atherosclerotic finding in various grade of NAFLD. MATERIAL AND METHODS We examined 250 consecutive patients with various grade of NAFLD and 85 control subjects matched for age, gender, to determine carotid intima-med...

Based on evidence from rodent models, it was hypothesized that furan fatty acids found in corn would inhibit reproduction in the laying hen. An isomeric mixture of furan fatty acids [9, (12)-oxy-10,13-dihydroxystearic acid and 10, (13)-oxy-9,12-dihydroxystearic acid] was administered for a period of 3 wk via the diet (1 and 3 ppm) at levels greater than those in corn to 20-wk-old pullets. There...

Fatty Acids, α-tocopherol, β-caroten, minerals, and some pomological properties of walnut genotypes from four locations (Iğdır, Tuzluca, Karakoyunlu, Kağızman) of Aras Valley (Eastern Turkey) were examined. In this study, the differences among the genotypes were determined in terms of some fruit characteristics, oil and protein contents, fatty acid composition, selenium content, α-tocophero...

UNLABELLED Objexctive. The objective of this study was to investigate the wound healing effects of n-3 fatty acids and to identify factors that stimulate wound healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four-week-old male Wistar rats were subjected to full-thickness skin wounds and assigned to 3 experimental diet groups (an n-3 fatty acid-fortified diet, a diet with a 1:3 ratio of n-3 to n-6 fatty acids,...