It's not the same as alpha-linolenic acid, a heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acid found in nuts and seeds. How much alpha-lipoic acid should you take a day? There are no official alpha-lipoic acid ...

Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...

"Omega-3 fatty acids can truly work wonders for your health," dietitian Miranda Galati tells USA TODAY. "Many adults would benefit from upping their omega-3 intake. While deficiency is rare ...

Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada (C.S., K.J.R). Centre for Infection, Immunity ...

Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid enhanced the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative” breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. In ...

The purpose of the present study is to analyze one parameter of lipid metabolism in obesity — namely, the concentration of plasma free fatty acid (FFA = nonesterified fatty acid = NEFA).

The scientists then treated the mice with a drug that blocks fatty acid synthesis, and the cancer cells in brain tissue grew at half-speed. (The breast cells in the mammary fat continued to grow ...

Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple ...

They looked at the ability of omega-6 fatty acids—particularly linoleic acid, the dominant one in the Western diet—to drive an important, nutrient-sensing growth pathway called the mTORC1 pathway.

Herbicide-resistant weeds challenge producers and agrochemical companies with a vexing issue that some refer to as a ‘wicked problem’. The ‘wicked’ connotation touches on an issue to which there is ...

Because methane traps heat in the atmosphere, ... Forestry waste can be turned into a high-value fatty acid, thanks to a bright red yeast engineered by University of Alberta researchers.

Mechanistically, TET1 promoted CD36 expression through transcriptional upregulation via DNA demethylation control. Overexpression of CD36 reversed the impacts of TET1 downregulation on fatty acid ...