Rough and flat titanium dioxide (TiO2) surfaces were prepared, and the effect of water pH on the underwater wettability of oleic acid on the TiO2 surfaces was investigated. The underwater contact angle of oleic acid on the relatively flat TiO2 surface depended on the pH of water in the range pH ...

This paper presents a novel composite material for cold storage. Oleic acid is selected as phase change material whereas carbon coated aluminum is adopted as additive. Thermal conductivities and viscosities of samples are investigated by light flash method and viscometer. Phase change temperatur...

Recent studies suggest an alternative pathway of lipid breakdown called lipophagy, which delivers lipid droplets (LDs) to lysosomes for degradation of LDs. However, molecular mechanisms regulating lipophagy are still largely unknown. In this study, we evaluated the effect of oleic acid (OA) on l...

Carbonaceous catalyst, with a variety of acid sites, was successfully synthesized by a two-step method at low temperature. The synthesized catalyst (Zr-SO3[email protected]) was characterized by elemental analysis, XRD, ICP-OES, FT-IR, BET, SEM-EDX and Boehm titration. It had high total acid con...

Via the crosslinking of chitosan and sulfosuccinic acid (SSA), the acidic chitosan membrane (ACM) was prepared for biodiesel production from esterification of oleic acid and methanol. ATR-FTIR, TGA, XRD, SEM and EDX were applied to characterize the prepared ACM. The acidic site density and swell...

Second generation biodiesel, so-called bio-hydrogenated diesel (BHD), can be produced from hydrotreatment of vegetable oils. The hydrogenation (HDO) of oleic acid and palmitic acid as model compounds of palm oil over unsupported Ni-Mo and Co-Mo sulfide catalysts was performed in a Parr reactor t...

Functional polymeric nanoparticles have attracted attention for different biomedical applications, including drug delivery. Poloxamers (PL), a synthetic copolymers of poly(ethyleneoxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide), that exhibit thermoreversible behavior in aqueous solutions. ...

Consumption of trans fatty acids (TFA) increase cardiovascular risk more than do saturated FA, but the mechanisms explaining their atherogenicity are still unclear. We investigated the impact of membrane incorporation of TFA on cholesterol efflux by exposing J774 mouse macrophages or human monoc...

Headspace volatiles and oxygen in elaidic or oleic acids under methylene blue photosensitisation at 60 °C for 60 h were analysed by solid-phase microextraction (SPME)–gas chromatography (GC) with a mass selective detector (MS) and GC with a thermal conductivity detector (TCD), respectively. He...

ObjectivesElaidic acid, the predominant trans-fatty acid in industrially hydrogenated oils, exists on high levels in Iranian hydrogenated oils and margarines. This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of elaidic acid and its cis-counterpart oleic acid on expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1...

Trans fatty acid intake has been correlated to an unfavorable plasma lipoprotein profile and an increased cardiovascular disease risk. The present study aimed to identify a plasma protein biomarker panel related to human intake of elaidic acid. The human liver cell line HepG2-SF was used as a mo...

Some factors related to diet, such as trans fatty acids (TFA), are known to be involved in the progression of atherosclerosis in humans. Thus, the aim of our study was (i) to evaluate the effects of three dietary free fatty acids (FFA) (elaidic (EA), oleic (OA) and palmitic acid (PA)) on U937 hu...

Increased levels of 7-ketocholesterol (7KC), which results mainly from cholesterol auto-oxidation, are often found in the plasma and/or cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and might contribute to activation of microglial cells involved in neurodegeneration. As major c...

A novel screening method for the simultaneous detection of elaidic and vaccenic trans fatty acid isomers by CZE-UV was proposed and applied to brazilian spreadable cheese analysis. Optimized background electrolyte was composed by 10 mmol L−1 heptakis (2, 3, 6-tri-o-methyl)-beta cyclodextrin, 24 ...

Dietary trans fatty acids (TFAs) are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases by altering plasma lipid profile and activating various inflammatory signaling pathways. Here we show that elaidic acid (EA), the most abundant TFA in diet, alters the electrophysiological properties of vo...

BackgroundPrevious studies on health effects of trans fatty acids (TFA) have focused mainly on cardiovascular health. Little is known about the association of TFA with brain or mental health. In this study, we examined the associations of objectively-measured plasma TFA concentrations with depre...

To confirm the absence of trans fatty acids, quantitative methods are required for the determination of cis and trans fatty acids. Simultaneous quantification of oleic and elaidic acids, which are cis–trans isomers, in mixed solutions was realized using Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectra of ...

A novel chitosan antibacterial dispersion system was prepared by oleoyl-chitosan (O-chitosan) nanoparticles (OCNP), and the antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was investigated. Results showed that OCNP could be well distributed in nutrient broth and had str...

Female adult 9-week old Wistar rats were implanted with osmotic minipumps releasing for 14 days a liposome suspension (controls) loaded with oleoyl-estrone or other compounds of the Merlin series: estrone, estradiol, oleoyl-estradiol, oleoyl-DHEA, stearoyl-estrone, palmitoyl-estrone, oleoyl-diet...

Optogenetic technologies have often been used as tools for neuronal activation or silencing by light. Natronomonas pharaonis halorhodopsin (NpHR) is a light-driven chloride ion pump. Upon light absorption, a chloride ion passes through the cell membrane, which is accompanied by the temporary bin...