Search results for "Essential"

Conditioned taste aversion in rats for a threonine-deficient diet

2000

Rats avoid a diet that is deficient in one or more essential amino acids (EAAs). This phenomenon is thought to involve the development of a "learned aversion" for the sensory properties or spatial placement associated with the deficient diet. The dietary self-selection technique has been widely used to show this avoidance of the deficient diet. Because avoidance does not necessarily imply taste aversion, we used the Taste Reactivity Test initially created by Grill and Norgren (1978) to analyze the affective reactivity pattern of rats that ingested a threonine-deficient diet. The results showed that there was an increase in the aversive responses when ingesting the threonine-deficient (Thr-D…

Unsaturated fatty acid bioavailability in growing rats fed low or adequate protein diets with sunflower or soybean oils

1993

Abstract The relationship of serum very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) to hepatic lipid composition was studied after 28 days of protein depletion to determine the interactions between dietary protein levels and the essential fatty acid (EFA) availability. This was examined in rats using a dietary combination of 20% or 2% casein with 5% vegetable oils, variable in their n-6:n-3 fatty acid ratios. Rats were divided into four groups, SFC (20% casein + 5% sunflower oil ); SFd (2% casein + 5% sunflower oil ); SC (20% casein + 5% soybean oil ); Sd (2% casein + 5% soybean oil ). Dietary protein depletion decreased phospholipid and protein concentrations in liver and VLDL, whereas triacylglycerol…

Sesquiterpene lactones, waxes and volatile compounds from Artemisia herba-alba subspecies Valentina

1979

Abstract The structures of two sesquiterpene lactones isolated from Artemisia herba-alba subsp. valentina have been determined by spectroscopic methods. One of these was dihydroreynosin, the other was a new compound assigned the name torrentin. The chemical compositions of a wax and a hydrocarbon fraction from the essential oil have also been investigated.

Carcass Characteristics, Meat Quality and Nutritional Profile of Pheasant, Quail and Guinea Fowl

2019

Over the last decade, there has been a growing interest in meat from non-conventional animal species, which have a deep-rooted tradition of consumption in some countries. Nowadays modern society have a purchase behaviour based on food safety, nutritional composition, taste/flavour, health aspects of foods and price. The consumption of traditional meat at this time is stagnating and consumers are looking for other alternative types of meats. In this context, this chapter tackles three alternative poultry breeds pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) and Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), which have a great potential and demand in markets of western countries. Despite…

Acute prostaglandins and sympathetic activity changes due to amino acids load in essential hypertension

1995

Volatiles ofSideritis mugronensisFlower and Leaf

1991

ABSTRACT The composition of the essential oil obtained from the flowers and the leaves of Sideritis mugronensis in two different stages of their reproductive development is described. The major components of the leaf and flower oils were sabinene: 1.30–10.59% and 2.70–15.21%; 1,8-cineole: 11.60–17.19% and 11.06–28.65%; and α-bisabolol: 5.57–25.49% and 3.40–16.12% respectively.

Volatile Constituents ofTeucrium poliumL. from Turkey

1998

Abstract The volatile constituents obtained from the aerial parts of Teucrium polium were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil was found to contain 37 components, of which 30 were identified. The major constituents were β-pinene (18.0%), β-caryophyllene (17.8%), α-pinene (12.0%), caryophyllene oxide (10.0%), myrcene (6.8%) and germacrene-D (5.3%)

The chemical composition of essential oil from Seseli bocconei (Apiaceae) aerial parts growing in Sicily (Italy)

2022

Seseli is a large genus of aromatic and economically important herbs of the Apiaceae family that includes eighty-seven taxa, mainly distributed in Europe and Asia. Several species of this genus are extensively used in various popular medicines and based on their traditional uses, much research concerning biological activities have been carried out. In the present study, the chemical composition of the essential oil from aerial parts of Seseli bocconei Guss., a rare plant endemic of Sicily, was analysed by GC-MS. No one report has been previously published on the essential oil of this species. The result showed the presence of large quantity of monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons wher…

The chemical composition of essential oil from Seseli tortuosum subsp. tortuosum and S. tortuosum subsp. maritimum (Apiaceae) aerial parts growing in…

2022

Seseli L. genus, belonging to the Apiaceae family, includes more than eighty taxa, mainly growing in Europe and Asia. Due to the several biological properties, species of this genus have been largely investigated, showing to be a rich source of coumarins, as well as, of essential oils with anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal, cytotoxic, etc. properties. In the present study, the chemical composition of the essential oils from aerial parts of Sicilian accessions of Seseli tortuosum subsp. tortuosum and S. tortuosum subsp. maritimum were analysed by GC-MS. No one report has been previously published on the subsp. maritimum. The results showed the presence, in both oils, of large quantity…

Relationship of choroidal thickness with pulsatile hemodynamics in essential hypertensive patients

2021

Controversy exists about the association of choroidal thickness (CTh) with blood pressure (BP) values. There is some evidence suggesting that central hemodynamics changes are associated with microvascular disease. Our study was aimed to assess the relationships between CTh and clinic and 24-h BP and between CTh and estimated 24-h aortic pulse pressure (aPP), 24-h aortic systolic BP (aSBP), and 24-h aortic augmentation index (aAIx) in a group of hypertensive patients. We enrolled 158 hypertensive subjects (mean age 48 ± 13 years) all of which underwent evaluation of the choroidal district by Swept-Source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and 24-h BP monitoring, in order to measure periph…