UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Intestinal derived endotoxin and the subsequent endotoxemia can be considered major predisposing factors for diseases such as atherosclerosis, sepsis, obesity and diabetes. Dietary fat has been shown to increase postprandial endotoxemia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effects of different dietary oils on intestinal endotoxin transport and postprandia...

background: thymus deanensis is a known aromatic plant which grows widely in iran and many mediterranean regions. in previous studies composition of essential oils of many species of thymus genus reported which they were rich of phenols like thymol and carvacrol. methods: water distilled essential oils from aerial parts of thymus deanensis var. deanensis from three different localities in iran ...

gas chromatography (gc) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (gc-ms) were employed to determine the chemical composition of essential oil obtained from dry fruits of carum copticum. thymol (36.7%), -terpinene (36.5%) and -cymene (21.1%) were found to be the major constituents of the oil. the anti-bacterial activities of the oil were mainly investigated against food poisoning bacteria (sal...

Different biological sources of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) in mainstream commercial products include algae and fish. Lipid oxidation in n-3 PUFA-rich oil is the most important cause of its deterioration. We investigated the kinetic parameters of n-3 PUFA-rich oil during oxidation via Rancimat (at a temperature range of 70~100 °C). This was done on the basis of the Arrhenius equa...

Fish oils rich in n-3 fatty acids lower plasma triglyceride profoundly but the effect on plasma cholesterol is not clear. This study tested the capacity of MaxEPA oil to modify the rise in lipoprotein cholesterol during cholesterol-rich diets. Six subjects were tested with three diets: 1) habitual (P/S 0.47, cholesterol 710 mg/d); 2) fish oil (40 g/d MaxEPA, P/S 1.62, cholesterol 190 mg/d); 3) ...

A longitudinal cross-over feeding design was used to investigate the relationship of dietary lipid composition to the membrane lipid environment and activity of mitochondrial ATPase in vivo. Rats were fed a polyunsaturated fatty-acid-rich oil (soya-bean oil) for 12 days, crossed-over to a monounsaturated fatty-acid-rich oil (rapeseed oil) for the next 11 days, then returned to soya-bean oil for...

The oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is the source of palm oil – the ‘tropical golden oil’. Malaysia is the world’s largest exporter of this golden oil. Palm oil is a versatile oil with a wide range of uses in food and nonfood areas. Triglycerides constitute the major component of crude palm oil, with smaller proportions of diglycerides and monoglycerides. The oil also contains other minor constitu...