Volatile fatty acids metabolism

DNB included m-nitrophenol, m-aminophenol, resorcinol, fumaricacid, and some volatile fatty acids (Dey and Godbole 1986). A pure culture of Rhodococcus sp. isolated from soils contaminated with nitroaromatics was capable of using 1,3-DNB as a sole source of nitrogen. This culture metabolized 1,3-DNB to nitrite via a 4-nitrocatechol pathway even in the presence of high amounts of ammonia (Dickel and Knackmuss 1991). 

Evidence for consistent, positive metabolic effects of feeding antibiotics is fragmented and inconclusive. Direct measurement of increased uptake of nutrients, ie, in vivo amino acids, glucose, or volatile fatty acids in ruminants, have not been reported. 

The carboxylic acids can be subdivided into nonvolatile fatty acids, volatile fatty acids, hydroxy acids, dicarboxylic acids, and aromatic acids (Fig. 3). The nonvolatile fatty acids are molecules with more than five carbon atoms, such as stearic and palmitic acids, which are the degradation products of fats and triglycerides. Three different 18-C fatty acids that are important constituents of plants include oleic and linoleic acids that are abundant in plant seeds, and linolenic acid, which is abundant in plant leaves. Volatile fatty acids are short-chain molecules with one to five carbon atoms, such as acetic and valeric acid, associated with anaerobic metabolism. The hydroxy-acids are common intermediates in biochemical pathways, including the tricarboxylic acid cycle. The excretion of hydroxyacids by algae, such as the... 

Chart 3). The end products of the glucose metabolism in ascaris mitochondria are acetate, propionate and the higher volatile fatty acids such as 2-methylbutyrate and 2-methylvalerate. 

Kong, I. C., Hubbard, J. S., and Jones, W. J., Metal-induced inhibition of anaerobic metabolism of volatile fatty acids and hydrogen, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 42, 396-402, 1994. 

Volatile fatty acids p resent in wine may derive from the anabolism of lipids, resulting in compounds with even number of carbon atoms, by oxidative decarboxylation of a-keto acids or by the oxidation of aldehydes. Volatile fatty acids synthesised from a-keto acids are mainly propanoic add, 2-methyl-l-propanoic acid (isobutyric acid), 2-methyl-l-butanoic acid, 3-methyl-l-butanoic acid (isovaleric acid 3-methylbutyric add) and phenylacetic add. From lipid metabolism, the following fatty acids are reported butanoic add (butyric), hexanoic acid (caproic), odanoic acid (caprylic) and decanoic add (capric) (Dubois, 1994). Although fatty adds are charaderized by unpleasant notes (Table 1), only few compounds of this family attain its perception threshold. However, their flavour is essential to the aromatic equilibrium of wines (Etievant, 1991). 

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Metabolically altered fatty acids (i.e., fatty acids that have been reduced in chain length by ot- and/or p-oxidation and have undergone various processes of oxidation or reduction) occur in many essential oils. Many of these intermediary metabolites are converted ultimately to esters, acids, alcohols, aldehydes, alkenes, and alkanes (Fig. 2.22). These fatty acid derivatives are relatively volatile and occur widely as components of the essences of flowers, fruits, stems, leaves. 

The volatile fractions of many plants are isolated by steam distillation, distillation, or by solvent extraction (Banthorpe, 1991). The resulting volatile compounds that make up the essence or aroma of plants are called essential oils. Altiiough essential oils are comprised of many types of compounds, monoterpenes are major among them. These oils may also contain metabolically modified fatty acids, aldehydes, hydrocarbons, esters, phenylpropanoid compounds, acetylenic compounds, volatile alcohols, volatile alkaloids, phenylpro-panoids, and other shikimic acid derivatives. 

There is other evidence that milk energy output is decreased when acetate forms less than 0.5-0.55 and propionate more than 0.35-0.45 of the rumen volatile fatty acids. This is thought to be the result of a reorientation of metabolism towards increased lipogenesis in adipose tissue and decreased lipogenesis in the mammary gland. 

Wheat bran cellulose is much less well digested than that of fruit and vegetables and this has been attributed to its lignin content. The chief products of the anaerobic fermentation of fibre are volatile fatty acids (acetate, propionate and butyrate), gas (CO2, Ha and methane) and energy. Gas production is a normal part of colonic metabolism but may be one of the reasons why people in the West have tended to maintain a relatively low fibre intake. 

Absorption of acetic, propionic, and butyric acids is known to occur across the stratified squamous epithelium lining the rumen, and this absorption of short-chain fatty acids—or, to be more precise, steam-volatile fatty acids, according to the actual method of determination— also takes place from the reticulum, the omasum, the caecum, and the colon of the sheep, and from the large intestine of the horse, the pig, the rabbit, and the dog. In this way some of the products of the metabolism of the microbial population are continually removed from the milieu, thus satisfying one of the essential requirements for the continuing activity of a mixed culture of organisms. 

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Rulquin, H., 1982. Effects of ruminal infusion of volatile fatty-acids and duodenal infusion of caseinate on digestion and metabolism in the dairy-cow. 1. Production and Digestion. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 22, 905-921. [3, 4]... 

Seal, C.J. and D. S. Parker, 1994. Effect of intraruminal propionic acid infusion on metabolism of mesenteric- and portal-drained viscera in growing steers fed a forage diet I. Volatile fatty acids, glucose, and lactate. J. Anim. Sci. 72, 1325-1334. 

Essential oils consist of volatile, lipophilic substances that are mainly hydrocarbons or monofunctional compounds derived from the metabolism of mono- and sesquiterpenes, phenylpropanoids, amino acids (lower mass aliphatic compounds), and fatty acids (long-chain aliphatic compounds). Unlike fatty oils, essential oils do not leave a grease stain when dabbed on filter paper. 

Similarly, in potato Solanum tuberosum), silencing LOX-Hl caused a severe decrease in the amount of volatiles produced by the leaves and in the intensity of their aroma, while the depletion of HPL increased the content of C5 (2-pente-nal, pentanal, l-penten-3-ol and ds-2-pentenol) volatiles [27]. These examples clearly demonstrate that the fatty acid metabolism involved in aroma biosynthesis is not as simple as initially supposed. 

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