Led by Esther A. Olonimoyo, University of Maryland researchers created a new HPLC-based method for analyzing short-chain ...

Learn how nonalcoholic fatty liver disease develops, its warning signs, and the steps to help safeguard the liver.

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The Make America Healthy Again gang led by Robert Kennedy Jr. is not going to be happy with the results of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

To add even more complexity, some oils are primarily made up of “omega-3” fats and others are “omega-6” fats. “Omega” refers to the position of the double bond from th ...

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While mineral oil and its derivatives dominated the personal care industry in the 20th century due to chemical ... fatty acid profile, bioactive constituents, and potential for sustainable sourcing.

as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds, as in saturated fatty acids. Fatty acids are generally derived from triglycerides and phospholipids. Dietary fats are generally fatty acids.

Omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9 are three types of fatty acids. Each offers health benefits, but you need omega-3 fatty acids the most. Keeping your intake of omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9 fats within a ...

There is clinical and observational evidence to suggest that saturated fatty acids (SFA) increase cardiovascular disease risk compared with polyunsaturated fatty acids from vegetable oils.

Fatty acids can become rancid when exposed to air and this depends on their chemical structure. Those rich in saturated fats like coconut oil are resistant to rancidity. Olive oil is rich in ...

Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ...