Food particles as a site for biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids in the rumen.
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.
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
D008041:Linoleic Acids; D013229:Stearic Acids