Tridecanoic acid (C13) is a rare, odd-chain saturated fatty acid produced mainly by gut and rumen microbes, entering ...

New research has revised our view of some foodstuffs previously considered off-limits – which is good news, all round ...

Food scientist and nutritionist Dr Anneline Padayachee takes a deep dive into the subject of fat in a healthy diet. Her conclusion? Dietary choices should be guided by balance, variety, and ...

Combining omega-3 supplementation with resistance training significantly improved lipid profiles, inflammation markers, ...

Fatty acid synthesis in bacteria is achieved by a highly conserved set of genes in which each gene encodes an individual step in the type II fatty acid biosynthetic pathway (Fig. 1).

In this study, a novel two-step enzymatic reaction was developed for the synthesis of highly pure triacylglycerols (TAGs) with a high content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Glyceride ...

Since α-linolenic acid is produced by FAD2 (Li et al., 2003) and PLA2 from phosphatidylcholine (Figure 7), the metabolic flux of α-linoleic acid might represent the gateway to the biosynthesis of a ...

Introduction Very-long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) are defined as fatty acids with a carbon chain with more than 18 carbon atoms. In plants, they are found with a wide range of chain-lengths (up to 38 ...

SiADIPOQ inhibited fatty acid oxidation, but stimulated fatty acid synthesis and transport. Furthermore, ALA promoted the up-regulation of ADIPOQ, AMPK, p-AMPK and CPT-1 protein levels. It was ...