Chemical composition of the wax secreted by a scale insect (Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green).

abstract：:A new spectrophotometric assay for determining the activity of acylglycerol hydrolases (lipases, E.C. 3.1.1.3) was developed and optimized for yeast lipase (Candida cylindracea). Studies with porcine pancreatic lipase were also conducted and the influence of various detergents and divalent cations on the assay was eva...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Rogel AM,Stone WL,Adebonojo FO

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of simvastatin, a hypocholesterolemic drug, on the biosynthesis of arachidonic acid was studied in obese and lean Zucker rats. After administration of 2 mg/kg body weight/d for 13 d, delta 6 and delta 5 desaturase activities were measured in liver microsomes at two substrate concentrations. In untreated rat...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Georges B,Blond JP,Maniongui C,Bézard J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of lecithin on jejunal absorption of fatty acids and octadecenoylglycerol was studied in healthy volunteers with a jejunal perfusion system which excluded pancreatic and biliary secretions from the test segment. Lecithin significantly reduced the absorption of oleic acid (P less than 0.05) and octadecenoylg...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Ammon HV,Thomas PJ,Phillipis SF

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in neonatal development, particularly with respect to the developing brain and retina, is well known. This review combines recent information from basic science and clinical studies to highlight recent advances in knowledge on PUFA metabolism and areas w...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Innis SM,Sprecher H,Hachey D,Edmond J,Anderson RE

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The all-cis-5,9,12-heptadecatrienoic acid was identified in the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum. The structural elucidation was accomplished by capillary gas chromatography, argentation thin-layer chromatography, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. This fatty acid has not been reported previously. ...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Saito T,Ochiai H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of cellulose acetate electrophoresis and measurement of radio-activity, lipoproteins (d less than or equal to 1,006) of lymph collected from rats fed a diet containing fats added to labeled fatty acids for 20-24 hr, have been separated into two kinds differing in their size. Fats with different saturated and ...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Boquillon M,Paris R,Clement J

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sn-position of FA in membrane lipids has an influence on the physiological function of cells, is predictive for diseases, and therefore is useful for diagnostics. The current study compares the compositions of acyl chain substituents in the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of the glycerol backbones of phospholipids derived...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Beermann C,Möbius M,Winterling N,Schmitt JJ,Boehm G

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Material dealing with the chemistry, biochemistry, and biological activities of oxysterols is reviewed for the period 1987-1995. Particular attention is paid to the presence of oxysterols in tissues and foods and to their physiological relevance. ...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Smith LL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid composition of cerebrosides of developing foetal human brain and regional variations, if any, during intrauterine life were studied. While palmitic and stearic acids were the predominant normal fatty acids throughout intrauterine life, long chain fatty acids, like lignoceric and nervonic acids, which we...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Rao PS

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two per thousand pregnant women have hyperthyroidism (HT), and although the symptoms are attenuated during pregnancy, they rebound after delivery, affecting infant development. To examine the effects of hyperthyroidism on lactation, we studied lipid metabolism in maternal mammary glands and livers of hyperthyroid rats...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Varas SM,Jahn GA,Giménez MS

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of beta-sitosterol, glycerol triether (1-hexadecyl-2,3-didodecyl glycerol triether), and chromic oxide was studied in African green monkeys and stumptail macaques consuming diets containing 0.75 mg/Cal cholesterol and 38% of calories as safflower oil or butter. Following oral administration of these compounds...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： St Clair RW,Lehner ND,Hamm TE

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a detailed sterol analysis of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, free sterols as well as esterified and glycosylated conjugates were found. When the alga was grown under standard conditions (i.e., at 13 degrees C under white light), 64% of total sterols were steryl glycosides. In all sterol classes, excep...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Véron B,Billard C,Dauguet JC,Hartmann MA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of [14C]-labeled compounds such as acetate, glucose, pyruvate and palmitate into CO2, glyceride-glycerol, glyceride fatty acids and total lipids was monitored in the average and matching adipocyte (with respect to size) preparations from young (6-9 wk) and old (age 56-60 wk) male Sprague-Dawley rats. Th...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Jamdar SC,Osborne LJ,Wells GN

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of (1-palmitoyl)lysophosphatidylcholine, lysolecithin, in gallbladder bile was observed during the first week of cholesterol-induced experimental cholelithiasis using the prairie dog model for cholesterol gallstone formation. Gallbladder fluid transport function decreased as bile lysolecithin concentr...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Rutledge FA 2nd,Hickman DM,Dunn JJ,Frey CF,Matson RS

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (GH) has many metabolic effects, but its mechanism(s) of action are not fully understood. We studied the short-term effects of endogenously produced GH on liver delta 6-desaturase activity and adipose and liver lipid fraction fatty acid composition in transgenic mice. MG101 transgenic mice ages 73-114 d...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Nakamura MT,Phinney SD,Tang AB,Oberbauer AM,German JB,Murray JD

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf wax of oats (Kelsey variety) consists of hydrocarbons (5%), esters (10%), free alcohols (45%), free acids (2.5%), β-diketone (5.5%), hydroxy-β-diketones (2.5%), and unidentified (29%). Wax on leaf blades contains more free alcohols than wax on leaf sheaths, and wax on the flag leaf sheath contains more β-diketone...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Tulloch AP,Hoffman LL

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of free DHA, DHA mixed with PC, and DHA incorporated into PC, PE, or TG was evaluated to determine which lipid provided DHA with the best protection against oxidation. DHA was either situated at the sn-1 position, sn-2 position, or both positions of the phospholipid, whereas the TG contained DHA at all p...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Lyberg AM,Fasoli E,Adlercreutz P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-phosphotungstic acid (PTA) precipitation has been used as a faster procedure than dialysis for the isolation of gangliosides, but the TCA-PTA treatment causes striking abnormalities in the thin layer chromatographic mobilities of the gangliosides. However, a normal chromatographic pattern ca...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Seyfried TN,Weber EJ,Yu RK

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraoxonase 1 (PON 1) has antioxidant and cardioprotective properties and is abnormally low in type 2 diabetic serum. This study aimed to determine the effect of type 2 diabetes and meals rich in saturated fat and oleic acid on PON1 activity in chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). PON1 arylesterase a...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Manning PJ,Jong SA,Ryalls AR,Sutherland WH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palm oil is one of the most important edible oils in the world. Its composition (rich in palmitate and oleate) make it suitable for general food uses but its utility could be increased if its fatty acid quality could be varied. In this study, we have modified a palm olein fraction by transesterification with the n-3 p...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Zainal Z,Longman AJ,Hurst S,Duggan K,Hughes CE,Caterson B,Harwood JL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal bile acid and neutral sterol patterns were studied in eight healthy adult volunteers who were challenged with Vibrio cholerae classical Ogawa 395 strain in the course of vaccine development studies. Bacterial 7 alpha-dehydroxylation of cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids was not altered during experimentally induc...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Huang CT,Levine MM,Daoud GS,Nalin DR,Nichols BL

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery that the fatty acid composition of tissue phospholipids varies in a systematic manner among species has lead to the proposal that membrane fatty acid composition is an important determinant of the metabolic rate characteristic for each species. Endotherms (mammals and birds) have a basal metabolic...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Hulbert AJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of isoelectric focusing (IEF) and pH gradient electrophoresis, using thin layers of agarose gel beads, was devised to investigate chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL). pH gradient stability and cathodal gradient drift were similar to those of polyacrylamide gel IEF, and linearity of gradi...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Vost A,Pocock DM,Pleet S

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) may contribute to the accumulation of apoptotic cells in atherosclerotic plaques. Although it is well established in monophasic chemical systems that the highly unsaturated EPA and DHA will oxidize more readily than FA that contain fewer double bonds, our previous studies showed that enrichment of...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Wu T,Geigerman C,Lee YS,Wander RC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The source of free fatty acids (FFA) and the pathways contributing to the accumulation of neutral fats in livers of rats fed a cholesterol-enriched diet were investigated in this report. Supplementation with 1% cholesterol in the diet for four weeks resulted in hepatomegaly in the rats. The contents of cholesterol and...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Liu CH,Huang MT,Huang PC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apo E) plays an essential role in lipoprotein metabolism, where it is involved in the clearance of chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins. Apart from some rare variants, apo E exists in three common isoforms (E2, E3, and E4). The different isoforms have not only been associated with different...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Wiebe C,Holzem G,Wielckens K,Klingler KR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New methods and analytical approaches are important to challenge and/or validate established beliefs in any field including the metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA; polyunsaturates). Four methods that have recently been applied toward obtaining a better understanding of the homeostasis of PUFA include the ...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Cunnane SC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium fortuitum utilizes certain stereoisometric mixtures of individual multimethyl branched alkanes as sole carbon source, including 2,6(R), 10(S), 14(RS)-tetramethylhexadecane; 2.6(R), 10(S), 14(RS)-tetramethylheptadecane; 2,6(RS), 10(RS)-trimethyltetradecane, and 2,6(R), 10(S)-trimethylpentadecane. Products...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Cox RE,Maxwell JR,Myers RN

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of labeled palmitic, linoleic, arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids to their respective acyl CoA's was studied in homogenates and microsomes of rat tissues. The highest activity, both in homogenates and microsomes, was seen in liver and heart. There was moderate activity in retina, brain, lung, kidney ...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Reddy TS,Bazan NG

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unidentified bacterial strain, SCRC-21406, isolated from the intestine of a marine fish, Glossanodon semifasciatus, produced docosahexaenoic acid at 23% (mol/mol) [= 28% (w/w)] of total fatty acids in a medium containing 0.5% (wt/vol) peptone and 0.1% (wt/vol) yeast extract at 12 degrees C under atmospheric pressur...

journal_title：Lipids

authors： Watanabe K,Ishikawa C,Ohtsuka I,Kamata M,Tomita M,Yazawa K,Muramatsu H

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00