The aim of this study was to compare the influence of a high α-linolenic acid (ALA) diet (linseed diet) and a high linoleic acid (LA) diet (sunflower diet) on performances of pigs, on the dietetical quality of their tissues (adipose tissues and muscles), and on the lipogenic potential of these tissues. Growth and carcass performances, and the lipid content of the tissues were not affected by the diet. Feeding the linseed diet increased the content of n-3 PUFA and decreased the LA/ALA ratios in all the tissues, while the sunflower diet led to an increase in the n-6 PUFA contents. Neither the stearoyl-CoA-desaturase and glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase activities nor the β-hydroxyacyl-CoA-dehydrogenase activity were affected by the diet. Acetyl-CoA-carboxylase and fatty acid synthase activities were enhanced with the linseed diet in respectively subcutaneous adipose tissue and intermuscular adipose tissue, while malic enzyme activity was decreased in liver and subcutaneous adipose tissue of pigs fed the linseed diet. 相似文献
The effect of environmental factors and stand density on linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) yield was investigated by examining yield components and development rates from 4 years of field experiments carried out at Viterbo, Central Italy, in which different seed rates were tested. Spring sowings were carried out using the linseed cultivar ‘Mikael’. Growth analysis using the functional approach and modelling using the SUCROS model for potential production parameterized for linseed were used to carry out a more detailed analysis of environmental effects.
Linseed yields varied greatly in response to weather and soil type but showed very little effect of plant density. The crop was able to compensate for reduced stand densities mainly by increasing the number of capsules per plant. All yield components were significantly influenced by weather as represented by the year of sowing. Growth analysis showed that the unit leaf rate had higher values at lower stand densities, suggesting that self-shading at higher densities decreased the efficiency of the foliage. The environmental factors most likely to affect yields were high temperature, due to its effect on development rate, and the consequent shortening of the growing cycle and perhaps water shortage. The foliage duration was more important than the maximum leaf area index. 相似文献
Insulating materials based on flax short fibres were prepared and their functional properties enhanced using linseed oil. In order to improve biocomposites hydrophobicity, the linseed oil was added to the initial formulation, mixed with the fibres and finally dried after the moulding process. Thus, the average water absorption of 10-40/140 g/g oil/fibres samples was reduced up to 10 times during the first hour of immersion, compared to the reference oil-free materials. Moreover, the linseed oil polymerization inside the lignocellulosic matrix, which occurred after 20 days of drying at 50 °C, also improved mechanical and thermal behaviour of biocomposites. Spontaneous combustion phenomena related to the exothermic oxidation-polymerization of linseed oil were described as well. Therefore, the process parameters such as oil/fibres ratio, drying time and temperature, were optimized to ensure the safety of the process and to avoid self ignition of the lignocellulosic fraction at temperatures below 200 °C. 相似文献