The biohydrogenation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids determined in-vitro

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 ◽  
pp. 147-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Cooper ◽  
L.A. Sinclair ◽  
J. A. Huntington ◽  
R.G. Wilkinson ◽  
S. Chikunya ◽  
...  

Unprotected n-3 PUFA supplements fed to ruminants are subject to lipolysis and biohydrogenation in the rumen (Wachira et al. 1998). Improving the n-3 PUFA content of ruminant products therefore requires some form of protection of dietary lipid from microbial activity in the rumen. The in-vitro incubation of PUFA sources offers the opportunity of rapidly determining the level of protection offered against ruminal biohydrogenation. The objectives of the current experiment were therefore to determine the biohydrogenation of a number of sources containing a-linolenic acid using the in-vitro gas production technique.

1995 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Lindley ◽  
D. P. R. Muller ◽  
P. J. Milla

1. Recent initiatives which advocate an increase in dietary polyunsaturated fat intake have led to the study of the effects of this upon gastrointestinal function. 2. Weanling rats were for 21 weeks fed diets containing 10% fat that were either high or low in polyunsaturated fats. Jejunal function was studied in vitro in an Ussing chamber. 3. Basal intestinal short-circuit was similar in both groups. 4. A decreased EC50 for the non-neural electrogenic secretory responses to acetylcholine, bethanecol and isobutylmethylxanthine was apparent in the jejuna of rats fed a diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids. 5. Submaximal electrogenic galactose absorption was increased in the rats fed a diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids. 6. Changing the composition of dietary lipid resulted in a change in the fatty composition of the apical enterocyte membrane. 7. Diets high in polyunsaturated fatty acids may be both prosecretory and proabsorptive in the small intestine.


1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 ◽  
pp. 154-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nagadi ◽  
M. Herrero ◽  
N.S Jessop

Food eaten by a ruminant firstly undergoes microbial fermentation within the rumen. Nutritionally important characteristics of the food are the rate and extent of fermentation of its carbohydrate fraction, which can both be estimated using the in vitro gas production technique. The single greatest source of uncontrolled variation in any in vitro rumen fermentation system is the rumen fluid; curves produced from gas production data were influenced significantly by the variation in microbial activity between days (Menke and Steingass, 1988; Beuvink et al, 1992). A more reliable measure of rumen fluid activity is needed. The objective of this study was to determine whether the frequency of sampling of rumen fluid affected the microbial activity and subsequent fermentation.


2006 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
M.P. Gazaneo ◽  
F. Bovera ◽  
C. Di Meo ◽  
G Piccolo ◽  
A. Nizza

SummaryThe in vitro gas production technique was used to observe the fermentation characteristics of three feedstuffs (barley, dried alfalfa meal, and dried beet pulp). Inocculum was provided from the caecal contents of suckling rabbits (23, 26, 31 and 35d old) which had access to their dams’ food. Mean OM degradation increased progressively with the age of the rabbits (P<0.01) from 67.4 to 70.8% with inocculum from 23 and 35d kits, and gas production from 302 to 357 ml/g OM incubated (P<0.01). It was confirmed that the in vitro gas production technique is a valid tool for the study the development of caecal microbial activity in rabbits.


2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1607 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. L. Candyrine ◽  
M. F. Jahromi ◽  
M. Ebrahimi ◽  
J. B. Liang ◽  
Y. M. Goh ◽  
...  

An in vitro gas-production study was conducted to compare differences in rumen fermentation characteristics and the effect of supplementation of 4% linseed oil as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the rumen fermentation profile in rumen fluid collected from goats and sheep. Rumen fluid for each species was obtained from two male goats of ~18 months old and two sheep of similar sex and age fed the similar diet containing 30% alfalfa hay and 70% concentrates. The substrate used for the fermentation was alfalfa hay and concentrate mixture (30:70) without (control) and with addition of linseed oil. The experiment was a two (inoculums) × two (oil levels) factorial experiment, with five replicates per treatment, and was repeated once. Rumen fermentation characteristics, including pH, fermentation kinetics, in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD), volatile fatty acid (VFA) production and microbial population were examined. Results of the study showed that gas-production rate (c), IVOMD, VFA production and population of total bacteria and two cellulolytic bacteria (Ruminococus albus and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens) from rumen fluid of goat were significantly (P &lt; 0.05) higher than those of samples from sheep. Irrespective of sources of inoculums, addition of oil did not affect fermentation capacity, IVOMD and total VFA production. The higher B. fibrisolvens population (associated with bio-hydrogenation) in rumen fluid of goat seems to suggest that polyunsaturated fatty acids are more prone to bio-hydrogention in the rumen of goat than in sheep. This assumption deserves further investigation.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Yichong Wang ◽  
Sijiong Yu ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Xiaolong Qi ◽  
...  

Nutritional strategies can be employed to mitigate greenhouse emissions from ruminants. This article investigates the effects of polyphenols extracted from the involucres of Castanea mollissima Blume (PICB) on in vitro rumen fermentation. Three healthy Angus bulls (350 ± 50 kg), with permanent rumen fistula, were used as the donors of rumen fluids. A basic diet was supplemented with five doses of PICB (0%–0.5% dry matter (DM)), replicated thrice for each dose. Volatile fatty acids (VFAs), ammonia nitrogen concentration (NH3-N), and methane (CH4) yield were measured after 24 h of in vitro fermentation, and gas production was monitored for 96 h. The trial was carried out over three runs. The results showed that the addition of PICB significantly reduced NH3-N (p < 0.05) compared to control. The 0.1%–0.4% PICB significantly decreased acetic acid content (p < 0.05). Addition of 0.2% and 0.3% PICB significantly increased the propionic acid content (p < 0.05) and reduced the acetic acid/propionic acid ratio, CH4 content, and yield (p < 0.05). A highly significant quadratic response was shown, with increasing PICB levels for all the parameters abovementioned (p < 0.01). The increases in PICB concentration resulted in a highly significant linear and quadratic response by 96-h dynamic fermentation parameters (p < 0.01). Our results indicate that 0.2% PICB had the best effect on in-vitro rumen fermentation efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas production.


Lipids ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sid Ahmed Merzouk ◽  
Meriem Saker ◽  
Karima Briksi Reguig ◽  
Nassima Soulimane ◽  
Hafida Merzouk ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 925-934
Author(s):  
Eкaterina Vackova ◽  
Darko Bosnakovski ◽  
Bodil Bjørndal ◽  
Penka Yonkova ◽  
Natalia Grigorova ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3089
Author(s):  
Lukas M. Müller-Wirtz ◽  
Daniel Kiefer ◽  
Sven Ruffing ◽  
Timo Brausch ◽  
Tobias Hüppe ◽  
...  

Exhaled aliphatic aldehydes were proposed as non-invasive biomarkers to detect increased lipid peroxidation in various diseases. As a prelude to clinical application of the multicapillary column–ion mobility spectrometry for the evaluation of aldehyde exhalation, we, therefore: (1) identified the most abundant volatile aliphatic aldehydes originating from in vitro oxidation of various polyunsaturated fatty acids; (2) evaluated emittance of aldehydes from plastic parts of the breathing circuit; (3) conducted a pilot study for in vivo quantification of exhaled aldehydes in mechanically ventilated patients. Pentanal, hexanal, heptanal, and nonanal were quantifiable in the headspace of oxidizing polyunsaturated fatty acids, with pentanal and hexanal predominating. Plastic parts of the breathing circuit emitted hexanal, octanal, nonanal, and decanal, whereby nonanal and decanal were ubiquitous and pentanal or heptanal not being detected. Only pentanal was quantifiable in breath of mechanically ventilated surgical patients with a mean exhaled concentration of 13 ± 5 ppb. An explorative analysis suggested that pentanal exhalation is associated with mechanical power—a measure for the invasiveness of mechanical ventilation. In conclusion, exhaled pentanal is a promising non-invasive biomarker for lipid peroxidation inducing pathologies, and should be evaluated in future clinical studies, particularly for detection of lung injury.


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