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    Effect of dietary fish oil supplements on livel of n-3 Polynsatutated Fatty Acid, trans Acids and Conjugated linoleic Acid in Ewe Milk

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    Three groups of ten lactating Sardinian ewes were used between 3rd and 6th month of lactation to determine the effects of supplementing diets with n-3 fatty acids on milk production and milk fat composition. The control group (A) was fed on a mixture of Gramineae hay with a pelleted alfalfa and concentrate; the other groups (13 and C) were given the control ration supplemented with graded levels of fish oil. Milk content of nutritionally important fatty acids (n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, PUFA; trans acids and conjugated linoleic acid, CLA) was determined by gas chromatography. Unlike cow milk, milk of normally fed ewes contained detectable quantities of n-3 PUFA and higher amounts of CLA. The supplementation with fish oil resulted in an increased milk fat levels of n-3 PUFA, CLA and trans isomers. There was a positive correlation (R-2 = 0.964) between the trans and n-3 fatty acid content in ewe milk, and a close positive correlation (R-2 = 0.996) between CLA and trans monoenoic fatty acid contents. PUFA supplementation resulted in a slightly, but not statistically significative, decrease of milk fat percentage. On the contrary, dietary fish oil markedly affected milk production: ewes fed on the n-3 supplemented diet produced more milk than the ewes fed with the control diet

    Composition and distribution of lipids in different parts of the seed from Vitis vinifera cv. Fortana

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    Lipid composition was determined in the separated seeds and pulp + peel of grape cv. Fortana. Tabulated results reveal important differences in composition. The seed oil contained 9.7% palmitic, 6.8% stearic, 20.5% oleic and 63.0% linoleic acid (vs. 11.7, 2.9, 19.0 and 34.0% in the pulp + peel); 1.5% cholesterol, 12.6% campesterol, 12.2% stigmasterol and 72.0% beta-sitosterol (vs. 0.6, 5.0, 3.8 and 88.1%, as well as 2.5% 7 stigmasterol, 11.4% erythrodiol and 2.6% uvaol, the last 2 not found in seed oil). The methylsterol fraction of the seed oil showed no known compounds, while pulp + seed contained only oleanoic and ursolic acid. Significant differences were also found in the alcohol (linear and terpene) and hydrocarbon fractions
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