Abstract
Substituted long-chain fatty acids may be useful dietary supplements to suppress ruminal biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) and thereby increase the flow of UFA to meat and milk. The aim of this study was to determine if Vernonia galamensis (ironweed, a member of the sunflower family) and vernolic acid (cis-12,13-epoxy-cis-9-octadecenoic acid), the main constituent of the seed oil, affected the biohydrogenation of linoleic acid (LA; cis-9,cis-12-18:2) to rumenic acid (CLA; cis-9, trans-11-18:2), vaccenic acid (VA;trans-11-18:1) and stearic acid (SA; 18:0) by ruminal microorganisms. Ruminal digesta from four sheep receiving a mixed hay-concentrate diet were incubated in vitro with LA (0.2 g/L) 0.2 g/L vernolic acid or 5 g/L of dried flowers or leaves of V. galamensis, either alone or combined. Vernolic acid had a substantial effect on LA metabolism, causing decreases in cis-9, trans-11 CLA and VA accumulation as well as SA production (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 54-63 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Animal Feed Science and Technology |
Volume | 222 |
Early online date | 3 Oct 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- Biohydrogenation
- Conjugated linoleic acid
- Rumen
- Vernolic acid
- Vernonia galamensis
- conjugated linoleic-acid
- ruminal biohydrogenation
- vaccenic acid
- chrysanthemum-coronarium
- marine-algae
- stearic-acid
- human health
- dairy-cows
- rumne
- oil