title: Fatty acid composition of adipose tissue and liver fats of the rats fed yeast grown on n-alkanes.
abstract: n-Alkane assimilating yeast, Candida tropicalis YO-148, was grown on an n-alkane-containing medium. A synthetic diet containing 6.8% of dried yeast was fed to rats. The fatty acid composition of adipose tissue and liver fats was determined after a two week feeding period. The percentage of odd-numbered acids increased in the animals fed the yeast diet. Furthermore, it was shown that heptadecenoic acid, the major odd-numbered acid in yeast, was accumulated in neutral lipid fraction of adipose tissue fat. Fatty acid composition of protein isolate prepared from yeast cells had a profile similar to that of the original cells.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002175:Candida / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005656:Fungal Proteins