Dietary recommendations to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have
focused on reducing intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA) for more than 50 years. While the …

Beef contains functional fatty acids such as conjugated linoleic acid and long-chain fatty
acids. This review summarizes results from studies comparing the fatty acid composition of …

Energy is the most limiting nutritional component in diets for high-producing dairy cows.
Palmitic (C16: 0) and stearic (C18: 0) acids have unique and specific functions in lactating …

Chlorophytum genus has been extensively studied due to its diverse biological activities. We
evaluated the methanolic extract of leaves of Chlorophytum comosum (Green type)(Thunb.) …

Dietary saturated fats have often been implicated in the promotion of obesity and related
disorders. It has been shown recently that saturated fats act through the transcription factor …

Blends of soybean oil (SO) and fully hydrogenated soybean oil (FHSBO), with 10%, 20%,
30%, 40% and 50% FHSBO (w/w) content were interesterified under the following …

Recent evidence shows that specific fatty acids affect cell metabolism, modifying the balance
between fatty acid oxidation and lipogenesis. These effects may have important implications …

Background: Free fatty acid (FFA) metabolism can impact on metabolic conditions, such as
obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This work studied the increase in total …

The presence of positron emission tomography (PET) centers at most major hospitals
worldwide, along with the improvement of PET scanner sensitivity and the introduction of …

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is a highly conserved Δ-9 desaturase that converts
saturated fatty acids into monounsaturated fatty acids. Mice lacking the Scd1 gene are …