title: Food particles as a site for biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids in the rumen.
abstract: On incubation of linoleic acid with strained rumen contents from sheep, it was observed that conversion of linoleic acid into C(18:1)trans-11 monoenoic acid and subsequently into stearic acid was largely associated with the food-particle fraction. The bacteria, protozoa and cell-free supernatant together contributed less than 30% to the overall change in the added C(18:2) fatty acid.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D002474:Cell-Free System; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006865:Hydrogenation; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids; D013229:Stearic Acids