Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-94). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982.

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New Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) approaches for the quantitative determination of peroxide value (PV) and isolated trans analyses were investigated and developed. The FTIR-PV methods investigated were all based on the stoichiometric reaction of hydroperoxides and triphenylphosphine (TPP) which converts TPP to triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO). A reference transmission cell (100 mum) method was developed based on the use of a unique TPPO absorption at 542 cm-1. This method covered PV values from 0--15 PV and was shown to be superior in accuracy and reproducibility to the standard American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) iodometric method. Subsequently, the utility of disposable polyethylene cards, normally used only for qualitative analyses, was investigated for quantitative PV determination. A quantitative IR card method was successfully developed and shown to serve as a very simple, rapid and alternative means of carrying out PV analyses. TPP-impregnated cards were able to reproduce the transmission cell PV results to +/-1.12 PV, while the unimpregnated card was slightly more accurate (+/-0.92 PV). A third FTIR-PV method was developed specifically for the at-line monitoring of high PV fatliquors and employed a germanium attenuated total reflectance sample handling accessory. This method hinged on the use of a TPPO absorption band at 1118 cm-1, normally off scale when pathlengths of >3 mum are used, but is suited to the analysis of oils having very high PVs (>250). The successful quantitative use of the disposable polyethylene IR card to PV led to its study for the quantitative FTIR determination of the isolated trans content of fats and oils and margarines. The polyethylene card was shown to unique and useful properties, tending to inhibit fat crystallization and its inability to retain moisture. These two properties allowed trans determination to be carried out on melted, high trans fats, without heating the polyethylene substrate and also to analyze margarines

Dietary fats have been proposed to alter the amount of glucose transporters in various tissues. This study examined how diets containing linoleic or palmitic fatty acids affected the amount of the major insulin-responsive glucose transporter protein, GLUT-4, in red vastus muscle of mice. At 8 weeks of age, 28 healthy female mice were separated into 3 dietary groups, one control group (5% corn oil fat) and two high fat (15% fat) groups. One of the high fat diets was a linoleic acid rich diet (76% linoleic polyunsaturated fat), while the other was a palmitic acid rich diet (95% palmitic saturated fat). The mice remained on their respective diets for 12-13 weeks until sacrifice. Red vastus muscle samples were removed and prepared for GLUT-4 protein analysis. Homogenized red vastus muscle samples were separated by SDSPAGE, transfered to membrane paper, and immunoblotted. scanning densitometry determined the relative quantity of GLUT-4 from each sample. TAP GLUT-4 protein in the group fed the linoleic acid rich diet was 9% higher than the group fed the low fat diet, and 37% higher than the group fed the palmitic acid rich diet. These data suggest that a prolonged high fat diet consisting of linoleic or palmitic fatty acids play a role in the regulation of GLUT-4 protein content. / School of Physical Education

This research project investigates the long-term consequences of perinatal exposure to high-fat (HF) on the mesocorticolimbic dopamine (DA) system. Adult offspring of mothers fed a HF diet (30% fat, compared to 5% in control mothers (C)) during the last week of gestation and throughout lactation displayed decreased locomotion in response to an acute amphetamine challenge and decreased behavioral sensitization to repeated amphetamine compared to C animals. These behavioral effects were accompanied by small increases in tyrosine hydroxylase expression in the ventral tegmental area and significant increases in DA and DOPAC content in the NAc, suggesting an elevated DA tone in this target field. In the NAc, there were no significant changes in D1, D2 receptors or DA transporter (DAT) levels between diet groups. The behavioural and biochemical data were collected in adulthood, long after the termination of the diet suggesting that a HF perinatal diet is inducing permanent changes within the DA system and might contribute to the development of metabolic disturbances.

Lipid oxidation has important consequences in the edible oil industry, producing compounds with sensory impact and thus reducing the economic value of the products. This work focused on the development of two Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy methods for the measurement of peroxide value (PV) and anisidine value (AV), representing the primary and secondary oxidation products of edible oils. / The infrared method developed for PV determination was based on a mathematical treatment by the partial least squares method of the information contained in the spectral region between 3750 and 3150 cm$ sp{-1}$. / The second method developed considered aldehyde content and anisidine value, a measure of secondary oxidation products. / The two methods developed are rapid ($ sim$2 min/sample) and have the advantage of being automatable. An infrared system coupled to a computer can collect the spectrum of an oil, analyze it and present a report without the need for personnel trained in FTIR spectroscopy. The cost of such a system would rapidly be absorbed through savings on personnel cost, time and chemical reagents required for conventional chemical methods and as such provides a useful advance in quality control methodology for the edible oils sector. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1938. Bibliography: leaves 150-158.

Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1951. Bibliography: leaves [98]-103.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2007-12-20. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127). Also available on the World Wide Web.