The title compounds were prepared by the enzymatic resolution of the corresponding N-acetylated DL-amino acids methyl esters, which were obtained from t-butyl chloride via an 8-step synthesis.
The fatty acids composition and the related health lipid indices (IA, atherogenic and IT thrombogenic) of Blue Fin Tuna’s (Thunnus thynnus L.) raw roe and their cured product bottarga, both considered a delicacy, wer...The fatty acids composition and the related health lipid indices (IA, atherogenic and IT thrombogenic) of Blue Fin Tuna’s (Thunnus thynnus L.) raw roe and their cured product bottarga, both considered a delicacy, were studied. The fatty acid (FA) composition of tuna’s roe and bottarga showed a relevant proportion (40.87% and 36.62% respectively) of poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with a prevalence of the n – 3 series, that showed values almost ten folds higher than those of n – 6 fatty acids, in both classes of analyzed samples. The IA and IT indices resulted comparable in tuna’s roe and in the bottarga samples respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detailed report on the fatty acids composition and the related lipid health indices in tuna’s raw roe and in their cured product “bottarga”.展开更多
With the aid of a Pyrolysis-GC/TOF MS technique, the pyrolysis behaviour of two menthyl esters of N-benzoxycarbonyl amino acid was investigated. A clear pattern emerges involving the cleavage of the bond linking the m...With the aid of a Pyrolysis-GC/TOF MS technique, the pyrolysis behaviour of two menthyl esters of N-benzoxycarbonyl amino acid was investigated. A clear pattern emerges involving the cleavage of the bond linking the menthyl ring to the carboxy group, followed by further degradation of the fragments. The major pyroproducts were p-menth-l-ene pyrolysed at a higher temperature or p-menth-2-ene pyrolysed at a lower temperature, and various derivatives of cyclohexene pyrolyzed from the menthyl ring. In addition, some of the products were also iden- tified as derivatives of benzene from the pyrolysis of benzyloxyl moiety.展开更多
Metabolism of free fatty acids（FFAs） is related to several important physiological events and therefore their quantitaion in biological samples arouses extensive interest and efforts.Existing gas chromatography with...Metabolism of free fatty acids（FFAs） is related to several important physiological events and therefore their quantitaion in biological samples arouses extensive interest and efforts.Existing gas chromatography with flame ionization detector（GC-FID） methods for the analysis of FFAs normally require derivatization of them in order to lower boiling points.But this extra procedure tends to induce additional error and it is laborious and time-consuming.A derivatization-free method was therefore established in the present investigation to determine FFAs in human plasma by capillary（GC-FID）.After extraction of FFAs from plasma,a highly polar FFAP（free fatty acid in plasma） column was employed to directly quantitate FFAs concentration,free from derivatization reaction.All sample pretreatments were carried out at room temperature,improving recovery of short-chain FFAs.Heptadecanoic acid（C17：0） was employed as internal standard,and the proposed method was validated for recovery,precision,sensitivity,stabi-lity,and linearity.Validation data show that it is suitable for clinical study that has been applied to the evaluation of FFAs levels in plasma of diabetic nephropathy（DN） patients during the course of treatment.Forty-seven patients diagnosed with DN were admitted to the double-blind experiment.Control group（n=17） underwent solely basic treatment and the patients did not show significant change in FFAs concentration during six months of treatment.Experiment group（n=30） was supplied with traditional Chinese medicine besides basic treatment.After six months of medication,their plasma concentration of palmitic acid（C16：0）,stearic acid（C18：0） and oleic acid（C18：1n-9） decreased while linolenic acid（C18：3n-3） increased significantly（P〈0.05）.These four compounds could be served as biomar-kers in the evaluation of drug efficacy,and their quantitation in plasma may provide additional information for disease progression in DN patients.展开更多
Parthenium hysterophorus is a globally recognized invasive alien weed that prominently colonizes grazing areas and cultivated lands causing adverse effect on crop production. Major allelochemicals released from parthe...Parthenium hysterophorus is a globally recognized invasive alien weed that prominently colonizes grazing areas and cultivated lands causing adverse effect on crop production. Major allelochemicals released from parthenium include sesqueterpene lactones and phenolic acids. Among these the presence of caffeic, vanillic and ferulic acids is of industrial significance as they possess potent free radical scavenging and anticancer activities. This study reports for the first time, high total phenolic acid content (20.82 ± 0.82 mg GAE/g dry sample) in parthenium. The GC-MS analysis indicated the presence of ferulic, p-coumaric, vanillic and gallic acid as major phenolic components. Free radical scavenging activity of the phenolic acids extract gave an EC50 value 130.4 μg/ml when measured using DPPH assay. Anticancer activity of parthenium phenolic extract against A-498 (IC50 0.5237 μg/ml) and MDA-MB231 (IC50 and 0.2685 μg/ml) cancerous cell lines indicated its potential to be used as anticancer agent.展开更多
Research into long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA C22:6 n-3), has shown that their inclusion in the human diet is linked with many health benefits. This has led to an in...Research into long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA C22:6 n-3), has shown that their inclusion in the human diet is linked with many health benefits. This has led to an increased interest in the enrichment of certain foodstuffs with DHA by supplementing animal fed with DHA-rich ingredients which can lead to an increased uptake in the meat, milk and eggs animal by-products. The microalgae Aurantiochytrium limacinum has been found to be especially useful in this pursuit. It is subsequently desirable to availably have a simple and robust method for the routine analysis of DHA and other fatty acids in the algal biomass. The AOAC method 996.06 is often followed for the analysis of fatty acids in foods and demonstrating that its fitness for purpose in the analysis of DHA and additional fatty acids in Aurantiochytrium limacinum is therefore the objective of this paper. A validation of the method for the determination of DHA and three other fatty acids in Aurantiochytrium limacinum is presented. The method was found to be linear over the following ranges for each fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analyte;50 to 15,000 μg/ml (C14:0), 300 to 95,000 (C16:0), 25 to 15,000 (C18:0) and 300 to 59,375 (C22:6). The accuracy, precision and LOD and LOQ of the method were confirmed and its robustness tested. The application of the method to assess the stability of Aurantiochytrium limacinum containing two alternative antioxidants was further examined. The investigation showed that DHA was stable over six months with the inclusion of either Duralox? or ethoxyquin as an antioxidant and ethoxyquin could additionally stabilize DHA in Aurantiochytrium limacinum up to 24 months.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province.
文摘The title compounds were prepared by the enzymatic resolution of the corresponding N-acetylated DL-amino acids methyl esters, which were obtained from t-butyl chloride via an 8-step synthesis.
文摘The fatty acids composition and the related health lipid indices (IA, atherogenic and IT thrombogenic) of Blue Fin Tuna’s (Thunnus thynnus L.) raw roe and their cured product bottarga, both considered a delicacy, were studied. The fatty acid (FA) composition of tuna’s roe and bottarga showed a relevant proportion (40.87% and 36.62% respectively) of poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with a prevalence of the n – 3 series, that showed values almost ten folds higher than those of n – 6 fatty acids, in both classes of analyzed samples. The IA and IT indices resulted comparable in tuna’s roe and in the bottarga samples respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detailed report on the fatty acids composition and the related lipid health indices in tuna’s raw roe and in their cured product “bottarga”.
基金Supported by the Key Project on Anhui Province Natural Science Study by Colleges and Universities(No.KJ2008A094)
文摘With the aid of a Pyrolysis-GC/TOF MS technique, the pyrolysis behaviour of two menthyl esters of N-benzoxycarbonyl amino acid was investigated. A clear pattern emerges involving the cleavage of the bond linking the menthyl ring to the carboxy group, followed by further degradation of the fragments. The major pyroproducts were p-menth-l-ene pyrolysed at a higher temperature or p-menth-2-ene pyrolysed at a lower temperature, and various derivatives of cyclohexene pyrolyzed from the menthyl ring. In addition, some of the products were also iden- tified as derivatives of benzene from the pyrolysis of benzyloxyl moiety.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2007CB511903,2005CB523503)the International Cooperation Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.S2010GR0583)the National Natural Science Founda- tion of China(Nos.90709045,20805026)
文摘Metabolism of free fatty acids（FFAs） is related to several important physiological events and therefore their quantitaion in biological samples arouses extensive interest and efforts.Existing gas chromatography with flame ionization detector（GC-FID） methods for the analysis of FFAs normally require derivatization of them in order to lower boiling points.But this extra procedure tends to induce additional error and it is laborious and time-consuming.A derivatization-free method was therefore established in the present investigation to determine FFAs in human plasma by capillary（GC-FID）.After extraction of FFAs from plasma,a highly polar FFAP（free fatty acid in plasma） column was employed to directly quantitate FFAs concentration,free from derivatization reaction.All sample pretreatments were carried out at room temperature,improving recovery of short-chain FFAs.Heptadecanoic acid（C17：0） was employed as internal standard,and the proposed method was validated for recovery,precision,sensitivity,stabi-lity,and linearity.Validation data show that it is suitable for clinical study that has been applied to the evaluation of FFAs levels in plasma of diabetic nephropathy（DN） patients during the course of treatment.Forty-seven patients diagnosed with DN were admitted to the double-blind experiment.Control group（n=17） underwent solely basic treatment and the patients did not show significant change in FFAs concentration during six months of treatment.Experiment group（n=30） was supplied with traditional Chinese medicine besides basic treatment.After six months of medication,their plasma concentration of palmitic acid（C16：0）,stearic acid（C18：0） and oleic acid（C18：1n-9） decreased while linolenic acid（C18：3n-3） increased significantly（P〈0.05）.These four compounds could be served as biomar-kers in the evaluation of drug efficacy,and their quantitation in plasma may provide additional information for disease progression in DN patients.
文摘Parthenium hysterophorus is a globally recognized invasive alien weed that prominently colonizes grazing areas and cultivated lands causing adverse effect on crop production. Major allelochemicals released from parthenium include sesqueterpene lactones and phenolic acids. Among these the presence of caffeic, vanillic and ferulic acids is of industrial significance as they possess potent free radical scavenging and anticancer activities. This study reports for the first time, high total phenolic acid content (20.82 ± 0.82 mg GAE/g dry sample) in parthenium. The GC-MS analysis indicated the presence of ferulic, p-coumaric, vanillic and gallic acid as major phenolic components. Free radical scavenging activity of the phenolic acids extract gave an EC50 value 130.4 μg/ml when measured using DPPH assay. Anticancer activity of parthenium phenolic extract against A-498 (IC50 0.5237 μg/ml) and MDA-MB231 (IC50 and 0.2685 μg/ml) cancerous cell lines indicated its potential to be used as anticancer agent.
文摘Research into long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA C22:6 n-3), has shown that their inclusion in the human diet is linked with many health benefits. This has led to an increased interest in the enrichment of certain foodstuffs with DHA by supplementing animal fed with DHA-rich ingredients which can lead to an increased uptake in the meat, milk and eggs animal by-products. The microalgae Aurantiochytrium limacinum has been found to be especially useful in this pursuit. It is subsequently desirable to availably have a simple and robust method for the routine analysis of DHA and other fatty acids in the algal biomass. The AOAC method 996.06 is often followed for the analysis of fatty acids in foods and demonstrating that its fitness for purpose in the analysis of DHA and additional fatty acids in Aurantiochytrium limacinum is therefore the objective of this paper. A validation of the method for the determination of DHA and three other fatty acids in Aurantiochytrium limacinum is presented. The method was found to be linear over the following ranges for each fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analyte;50 to 15,000 μg/ml (C14:0), 300 to 95,000 (C16:0), 25 to 15,000 (C18:0) and 300 to 59,375 (C22:6). The accuracy, precision and LOD and LOQ of the method were confirmed and its robustness tested. The application of the method to assess the stability of Aurantiochytrium limacinum containing two alternative antioxidants was further examined. The investigation showed that DHA was stable over six months with the inclusion of either Duralox? or ethoxyquin as an antioxidant and ethoxyquin could additionally stabilize DHA in Aurantiochytrium limacinum up to 24 months.
