scholarly journals Red Arils of Taxus baccata L.—A New Source of Valuable Fatty Acids and Nutrients

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 723
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Tabaszewska ◽  
Jaroslawa Rutkowska ◽  
Łukasz Skoczylas ◽  
Jacek Słupski ◽  
Agata Antoniewska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Taxus Baccata ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Toxic Trace Elements ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Wild Berries

The aim of this study, focused on the nutritional value of wild berries, was to determine the contents of macronutrients, profiles of fatty (FAs) and amino acids (AAs), and the contents of selected elements in red arils (RA) of Taxus baccata L., grown in diverse locations in Poland. Protein (1.79–3.80 g/100 g) and carbohydrate (18.43–19.30 g/100 g) contents of RAs were higher than in many cultivated berries. RAs proved to be a source of lipids (1.39–3.55 g/100 g). Ten out of 18 AAs detected in RAs, mostly branched-chain AAs, were essential AAs (EAAs). The EAAs/total AAs ratio approximating were found in animal foods. Lipids of RA contained seven PUFAs, including those from n-3 family (19.20–28.20 g/100 g FA). Polymethylene-interrupted FAs (PMI-FAs), pinolenic 18:3Δ5,9,12; sciadonic 20:3Δ5,11,14, and juniperonic 20:4Δ5,11,14,17, known as unique for seeds of gymnosperms, were found in RAs. RAs may represent a novel dietary source of valuable n-3 PUFAs and the unique PMI-FAs. The established composition of RAs suggests it to become a new source of functional foods, dietary supplements, and valuable ingredients. Because of the tendency to accumulate toxic metals, RAs may be regarded as a valuable indicator of environmental contamination. Thus, the levels of toxic trace elements (Al, Ni, Cd) have to be determined before collecting fruits from natural habitats.

DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY OF BREAD WITH ENHANCED NUTRITIONAL VALUE WITH THE ADDITION OF WHOLE-GROUND SAFFLOWER SEEDS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
В.С. КУЦЕНКОВА ◽  
Н.В. НЕПОВИННЫХ ◽  
В.С. ГРИНЁВ ◽  
Е.В. ЛЮБУНЬ ◽  
А.А. ШИРОКОВ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Wheat Flour ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Essential Amino Acids ◽  
Bakery Products ◽  
Group B

Исследованы показатели качества и пищевой ценности хлеба с добавкой цельносмолотых семян сафлора (ЦСС). Хлеб вырабатывали согласно ГОСТ 2784288 на основе муки пшеничной, дрожжей, воды, сахара, соли, но вносили ЦСС в сухом виде взамен 10 пшеничной муки. Установлено, что потребление 100 г обогащенных хлебобулочных изделий обеспечит удовлетворение суточной потребности, : в белке на 11 жире, содержащем повышенное количество полиненасыщенных жирных кислот, на 4,5 углеводах на 13 пищевых волокнах на 19 минеральных веществах на 1,59,5 витаминах группы В на 6,810,9 незаменимых аминокислотах на 218. Показано, что использование измельченных семян сафлора в рецептуре хлебобулочных изделий способствует повышению их пищевой ценности за счет внесения незаменимых полиненасыщенных жирных кислот омега3 (1), омега6 (28), омега9 (4,8). Энергетическая ценность готового изделия составляет 246,8 ккал (1031,6 кДж). Разработана рецептура хлеба повышенной пищевой ценности с добавкой ЦСС. Отработаны параметры процесса производства. Показано, что добавка нетрадиционного вида сырья цельносмолотых семян сафлора позволяет улучшить органолептические и физикохимические показатели хлеба, повысить его пищевую ценность. Indicators of quality and nutritional value of bread with the addition of wholeground safflower seeds were investigated. Bread is produced according to GOST 2784288 on the basis of wheat flour, yeast, water, sugar, salt, but with the addition of wholeground safflower seeds in dry form instead of 10 wheat flour. It was found that the consumption of 100 g of enriched bakery products will ensure the satisfaction of daily needs, : in protein for 11 fat containing an increased amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, for 4,5 carbohydrates for 13 dietary fiber for 19 minerals for 1,59,5 vitamins of group B for 6,810,9 essential amino acids for 218. It is shown that the use of crushed safflower seeds in the formulation of bakery products increases their nutritional value by introducing essential polyunsaturated fatty acids omega3 (1), omega6 (28), omega9 (4,8). The energy value of the finished product is 246,8 kcal (1031,6 kJ). The formulation of high nutritional value bread with the addition of wholeground safflower seeds is developed. Parameters of the production process worked out. It is shown that the use of additives of nontraditional raw materials wholeground safflower seeds can improve the organoleptic and physicalchemical characteristics of bread, increase its nutritional value.

Properties of Acetate Kinase Isozymes and a Branched-Chain Fatty Acid Kinase from a Spirochete

1982 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 246-254
Author(s):  
Caroline S. Harwood ◽  
Ercole Canale-Parola
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Branched Chain Amino Acids ◽  
Chain Fatty Acid ◽  
Acetate Kinase ◽  
Nucleoside Triphosphate ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

Spirochete MA-2, which is anaerobic, ferments glucose, forming acetate as a major product. The spirochete also ferments (but does not utilize as growth substrates) small amounts of l -leucine, l -isoleucine, and l -valine, forming the branched-chain fatty acids isovalerate, 2-methylbutyrate, and isobutyrate, respectively, as end products. Energy generated through the fermentation of these amino acids is utilized to prolong cell survival under conditions of growth substrate starvation. A branched-chain fatty acid kinase and two acetate kinase isozymes were resolved from spirochete MA-2 cell extracts. Kinase activity was followed by measuring the formation of acyl phosphate from fatty acid and ATP. The branched-chain fatty acid kinase was active with isobutyrate, 2-methylbutyrate, isovalerate, butyrate, valerate, or propionate as a substrate but not with acetate as a substrate. The acetate kinase isozymes were active with acetate and propionate as substrates but not with longer-chain fatty acids as substrates. The acetate kinase isozymes and the branched-chain fatty acid kinase differed in nucleoside triphosphate and cation specificities. Each acetate kinase isozyme had an apparent molecular weight of approximately 125,000, whereas the branched-chain fatty acid kinase had a molecular weight of approximately 76,000. These results show that spirochete MA-2 synthesizes a branched-chain fatty acid kinase specific for leucine, isoleucine, and valine fermentation. It is likely that a phosphate branched-chain amino acids is also synthesized by spirochete MA-2. Thus, in spirochete MA-2, physiological mechanisms have evolved which serve specifically to generate maintenance energy from branched-chain amino acids.

scholarly journals Ataxin-2 (Atxn2)-Knock-Out Mice Show Branched Chain Amino Acids and Fatty Acids Pathway Alterations

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1728-1739 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Meierhofer ◽  
Melanie Halbach ◽  
Nesli Ece Şen ◽  
Suzana Gispert ◽  
Georg Auburger
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Branched Chain Amino Acids ◽  
Knock Out ◽  
Ataxin 2 ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Knock Out Mice

scholarly journals Time-Restricted Feeding a High-fat Diet in Mice Elevates Plasma Concentration of Saturated Fatty Acids but Reduces Concentrations of Multiple Amino Acids (OR27-02-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bret Rust ◽  
Aaron Mehus ◽  
Joseph Idso ◽  
Matthew Picklo
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Control Diet ◽  
Saturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Plasma Metabolites ◽  
Dark Phase ◽  
Restricted Feeding ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Branched Chain

Abstract Objectives Obesity and obesity-related disease contribute to health care costs and pose serious health risks. Rodent studies indicate that time-restricted feeding (TRF) may be effective in reducing adiposity and metabolic disease associated with obesity. However, the metabolic pathways impacted by TRF in the context of obesogenic, high-fat (HF) diets need clarity. In the present work we examined the metabolomic changes in plasma induced by TRF of a HF diet in mice compared to a HF diet eaten ad libitum (AL) vs AL intake of a low-fat (LF) control diet. Methods Male mice (12 weeks old) were fed a LF-AL diet (16%en fat), a HF-AL diet (48%en fat) or a HF diet restricted to feeding for 12 hours per day during the dark phase (HF-TRF). In week 9 of the study, energy expenditure data were collected. After 12 weeks, animals were fasted and plasma collected for clinical chemistries and metabolomic analysis. Multivariate analysis was used to discriminate diet treatments in untargeted metabolomic data. Results Energy expenditure measurements throughout the day showed a markedly reduced fasting respiratory exchange ratio (RER) in HF-TRF mice during the inactive (light) phase compared to AL groups. Measures of insulin resistance, while increased with HF-AL intake, were resolved in the HF-TRF group. Partial least squares discriminant analysis revealed plasma non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and amino acids (AA) to be important discriminators between diet treatments. TRF resulted in elevated NEFA concentrations of the saturated fatty acids (12:0 to 18:0) and the polyunsaturated fatty acids α-linolenic acid and linoleic acid compared to HF-AL. Conversely, the concentrations of aromatic and branched chain amino acids were reduced in HF-TRF mice compared to HF-AL mice. Conclusions Alterations in plasma metabolites following TRF of a HF diet are consistent with greater lipid utilization during the inactive phase as reflected in the RER. Decreases in the aromatic and branched chain amino acid concentrations are consistent with improved insulin sensitivity in humans. Funding Sources This work was supported by USDA-ARS project 3062-51000-053-00D. Supporting Tables, Images and/or Graphs

scholarly journals Growth, development and differentiation: a functional food science approach

1998 ◽  
Vol 80 (S1) ◽  
pp. S5-S45 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Koletzko ◽  
P. J. Aggett ◽  
J. G. Bindels ◽  
P. Bung ◽  
P. Ferré ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Growth Factors ◽  
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Beneficial Effects

AbstractFew other aspects of food supply and metabolism are of greater biological importance than the feeding of mothers during pregnancy and lactation, and of their infants and young children. Nutritional factors during early development not only have short-term effects on growth, body composition and body functions but also exert long-term effects on health, disease and mortality risks in adulthood, as well as development of neural functions and behaviour, a phenomenon called ‘metabolic programming’. The interaction of nutrients and gene expression may form the basis of many of these programming effects and needs to be investigated in more detail. The relation between availability of food ingredients and cell and tissue differentiation and its possible uses for promoting health and development requires further exploration. The course of pregnancy, childbirth and lactation as well as human milk composition and the short- and long-term outcome of the child are influenced by the intake of foods and particularly micronutrients, e.g. polyunsaturated fatty acids, Fe, Zn and I. Folic acid supplementation from before conception through the first weeks of pregnancy can markedly reduce the occurrence of severe embryonic malformations; other potential benefits of modulating nutrient supply on maternal and child health should be further evaluated. The evaluation of dietary effects on child growth requires epidemiological and field studies as well as evaluation of specific cell and tissue growth. Novel substrates, growth factors and conditionally essential nutrients (e.g. growth factors, amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids) may be potentially useful as ingredients in functional foods and need to be assessed carefully. Intestinal growth, maturation, and adaptation as well as long-term function may be influenced by food ingredients such as oligosaccharides, gangliosides, high-molecular-mass glycoproteins, bile salt-activated lipase, pre- and probiotics. There are indications for some beneficial effects of functional foods on the developing immune response, for example induced by antioxidant vitamins, trace elements, fatty acids, arginine, nucleotides, and altered antigen contents in infant foods. Peak bone mass at the end of adolescence can be increased by dietary means, which is expected to be of long-term importance for the prevention of osteoporosis at older ages. Future studies should be directed to the combined effects of Ca and other constituents of growing bone, such as P, Mg and Zn, as well as vitamins D and K, and the trace elements F and B. Pregnancy and the first postnatal months are critical time periods for the growth and development of the human nervous system, processes for which adequate substrate supplies are essential. Early diet seems to have long-term effects on sensory and cognitive abilities as well as behaviour. The potential beneficial effects of a balanced supply of nutrients such as I, Fe, Zn and polyunsaturated fatty acids should be further evaluated. Possible long-term effects of early exposure to tastes and flavours on later food choice preferences may have a major impact on public health and need to be further elucidated. The use of biotechnology and recombinant techniques may offer the opportunity to include various bioactive substances in special dietary products, such as human milk proteins, peptides, growth factors, which may have beneficial physiological effects, particularly in infancy and early childhood.

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