出版社:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要:Rumen biohydrogenation of dietary α-linolenic acid gives rise in ruminants to accumulation of fatty acid intermediates, some of which may be transferred into milk. Rumelenic acid [ cis -9 trans -11 cis -15 C18:3 (RLnA)] has recently been characterized, but other C18:3 minor isomers are still unknown. The objective of this work was to identify a new isomer of octatridecenoic acid present in milk fat from ewes fed different sources of α-linolenic acid. Structural characterization of this fatty acid was achieved by GC-MS. Analysis of dimethyloxazoline and picolinyl ester derivatives allowed for location of the double bond positions. Covalent adduct chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry confirmed the positional structure 9-11-15, identical to RLnA, and helped to establish double bond geometry ( cis-trans-trans ). This new C18:3 isomer could be formed by isomerization of cis -15 bond of RLnA and subsequently converted by hydrogenation to trans -11 trans -15 C18:2, an octadecadienoic acid also detected in this study.