Four groups of eight New Zealand hybrid rabbits were fattened with ad libitum access to the following pelleted experimental diets: ryegrass meal or alfalfa meal fed either alone or with oats meal in a ratio of 1:1. After 25 weeks they were slaughtered and dissected. Fatty acid (FA) profiles of caecotrophs (re-ingested fermentation products of the caecum), perirenal adipose tissue and intramuscular fat in the Musculus quadriceps were determined. With high proportions of branched-chain FA (BFA) and trans FA, and increased proportions of saturated FA relative to the diets, the caecotroph FA profile showed a clear fingerprint of anaerobe microbial lipid metabolism including biohydrogenation. By contrast, the FA profiles of adipose and lean tissue comprised high proportions of polyunsaturated FA (PUFA), whilst BFA and trans FA occurred in much lower proportions compared to the caecotrophs. Thus, coprophagy did not substantially modify the FA composition of the tissues investigated. Use of forage-only diets, compared to the oats supplemented diets, led to extraordinary high proportions of n-3 PUFA (including 18:3 and long-chain n-3) in the fat of adipose (21.3 vs. 6.7%) and lean tissue (15.4 vs. 5.7%). The forage type diet (grass vs. alfalfa) had smaller effects on the FA profiles. Indications of diet effects on endogenous desaturation, chain elongation and differential distribution of functional FA between the two tissues investigated were found. 相似文献
Dihydroxy terminated poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) was modified to form a di(trithiocarbonate) functional molecule capable of forming tri-block copolymers via the reversible-addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) process. Two statistical copolymer blocks were grown from the central PDMS block, comprising units of N,N-dimethyl acrylamide (DMA) and 2-(N-butyl perfluorooctanefluorosulfonamido) ethyl acrylate (BFA), to form A-B-A triblock macromolecules. The molecular weight of these block copolymers were found to increase with conversion while the polydispersity of the molecular weight distribution remains under 1.25. An unusual and interesting kinetic phenomenon was observed in that the copolymerization behaviour of DMA and BFA was influenced by the initial PDMS block. We surmise that this might be a direct observation of a ‘bootstrap’ effect. 相似文献
The occurrence of significant degradation by β-scission reaction is a severe drawback affecting the classical procedure of polypropylene (PP) functionalization in the melt with maleic anhydride (MAH) or derivatives and free radical initiators. The present work deals with the control of the PP blocks degradation by using a specially designed furan derivative, butyl 3-(2-furyl) propenoate (BFA), as coagent able to control the PP blocks scission during PP functionalization process. More specifically MAH or BFA were used as functionalizing reagents for a propylene/ethylene 77/23 mol% semi-block copolymer (PPC) either separately or as mixture (MAH/BFA) with different molar ratios. The PPC functionalized samples were then characterized by determining the number of grafted groups (functionalization degree FD) and the molecular weight (MW). Finally, the effect of the feed conditions on the process and on functionalized PPC properties are discussed by hypothesizing a reaction mechanism, which takes into account all the occurring parallel reactions. 相似文献
It has been suggested that the allelopathic activity of phenolic acids should be primarily important in soils of low fertility. If this is true, then plant growth inhibition by phenolic acids may be unimportant in managed agricultural soils. The objective of this study was to determine how soil nitrogen (N) level might modify phenolic acid inhibition of growth. Cucumber seedlings (Cucumis sativus cv Early Green Cluster) grown in containers in growth chambers under varying N levels (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 g N/g soil) in Portsmouth B,-horizon soil material were treated with ferulic acid (0 or 10 g/g soil). Nitrogen and ferulic acid (FA) were applied every other day to the soil surface. The amount of FA in the soil solution declined with depth in the containers. A more rapid disappearance of FA from the soil solution was observed for the last FA treatment (0% recovered after 10 hr on day 23) than the first treatment (44% recovered after 10 hr on day 13). Both low N (5 g N/g soil) and FA treatments reduced shoot dry weight, the mean absolute (AGR) and the mean relative (RGR) rates of leaf expansion, and increased the root-shoot ratio. High N treatments reduced shoot dry weight and the AGR. Ferulic acid inhibited cucumber seedling growth over a range of N concentrations, suggesting that the allelopathic activity of phenolic acids may be important in both nutrient limiting and nonlimiting soils for some species.Paper No. 12219 of the journal series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7601. The use of tradenames in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of products named, nor criticism of similar ones not mentioned. 相似文献
Fusaric acid (FA) produced by Fusarium oxysporum plays an important role in disease development in plants, including cotton. This non-specific toxin also has antibiotic effects on microorganisms. Thus, one expects a potential pool of diverse detoxification mechanisms of FA in nature. Bacteria and fungi from soils infested with Fusarium and from laboratory sources were evaluated for their ability to grow in the presence of FA and to alter the structure of FA into less toxic compounds. None of the bacterial strains were able to chemically modify FA. Highly FA-resistant strains were found only in Gram-negative bacteria, mainly in the genus of Pseudomonas. The FA resistance of the Gram-negative bacteria was positively correlated with the number of predicted genes for FA efflux pumps present in the genome. Phylogenetic analysis of predicted FA resistance proteins (FUSC, an inner membrane transporter component of the efflux pump) revealed that FUSC proteins having high sequence identities with the functionally characterized FA resistance protein FusC or Fdt might be the major contributors of FA resistance. In contrast, most fungi converted FA to less toxic compounds regardless of the level of FA resistance they exhibited. Five derivatives were detected, and the detoxification of FA involved either oxidative reactions on the butyl side chain or reductive reactions on the carboxylic acid group. The production of these metabolites from widely different phyla indicates that resistance to FA by altering its structure is highly conserved. A few FA resistant saprophytic or biocontrol strains of fungi were incapable of altering FA, indicating a possible involvement of efflux transporters. Deployment of both efflux and derivatization mechanisms may be a common feature of fungal FA resistance. 相似文献
Summary: A new chemical modification of sugar cane bagasse fibers for phenolic thermoset composites is presented. It consists in creating quinones in the lignin portions of fiber and react them with furfuryl alcohol to create a coating around the fiber more compatible with the phenolic resins used to prepare polymeric matrix. Sodium periodate was used in suitable conditions to oxidize mainly phenolic syringyl and guaiacyl units of the lignin polymer to create quinones, which were characterized by UV‐visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy by comparison with model compounds. The reactivity of furfuryl alcohol (FA) with fibers was greatly enhanced after they were oxidized: 13% weight percent gain compared to 2% without oxidation. Chemical analysis of unmodified and FA‐modified fibers have shown an important degradation of hemicelluloses and a slight one of cellulose which almost maintains its crystallinity. A 25% decrease of strength and length properties of the fibers after FA chemical treatment was measured by dynamic mechanical analysis. The lignin‐like proportion of the fiber was greatly enhanced after the FA‐treatment. This was confirmed by thermal analysis, DSC, and TGA experiments, on unmodified and FA‐modified fibers. SEM analysis of the fibers and of phenolic composites with modified fibers have confirmed the FA grafting and shown a better compatibility at the interface between the chemically modified fibers and the phenolic matrix. Nevertheless, the chemical treatment of the fibers decreased the impact strength of the composite, which could be caused by the fiber damage suffered during the chemical modification and for the more intense adhesion at the interface, which in some cases decrease somewhat the impact strength.
Cross photomicrography of FA‐modified sugar cane bagasse fiber (600×). 相似文献
In our previous work we used ground oat (Avena sativa) seeds as an inexpensive source of enzymes for the modification of FA or their chemical derivatives. We have extended this
work by observing the products derived from an intact fat and three vegetable oils through the concerted action of oat seed
enzymes. A modified reversed-phase HPLC protocol was devised that allowed the quantification of FFA, epoxy FA, and acylglycerols
without derivatization. It was found that the addition of the surfactant deoxycholate or calcium chloride was needed to observe
best hydrolysis of TAG to FA. Without an added oxidant, lipase action produced up to 80% by weight of FA at pH 7–9 with small
amounts of DAG and MAG. When the oxidant t-butyl hydroperoxide was added in the presence of deoxycholate, the FA were partially converted to epoxide derivatives (up
to 35% by weight). When calcium chloride replaced deoxycholate, only 4% by weight of the product was epoxide derivatives.
The highest levels of FA epoxides were generated at pH7, and up to 15% by weight of the product at this pH was epoxymonostearin
(monoepoxyoctadecanoylglycerol). The optimal molar amount of t-butyl hydroperoxide to add with deoxycholate for high epoxide formation was 1.4 to 2.8 times the amount of fatty esters in
soybean oil. In no instance were oxidized DAG or TAG detected, demonstrating that a highly specific enzymatic process was
responsible for epoxide formation. The epoxide products may be used to produce polyols with high viscosity for grease preparations. 相似文献