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Songkhla Rajabhat University
Education•Songkhla, Thailand•
About: Songkhla Rajabhat University is a education organization based out in Songkhla, Thailand. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Natural rubber & Thin film. The organization has 130 authors who have published 173 publications receiving 1337 citations.
Topics: Natural rubber, Thin film, Welding, Fish oil, Polyunsaturated fatty acid
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TL;DR: It was shown that MUFA, and to a lesser extent SFA, can have a form of “omega-3 sparing effect”, whereby an abundant availability of dietary MUFA and SFA can decrease the catabolism of n-3 LC-PUFA and result in a greater deposition rate of these health-promoting fatty acids into fish fillets.
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TL;DR: Dietary C18 PUFA inclusion can be viewed from both a positive or a negative perspective, depending on the strategy to be implemented (maximal fatty acid bioconversion or a fish oil restorative period).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the whole-body fatty acid balance method demonstrated a clear trend of progressively reduced fatty acid bioconversion activity along the n-3 and n-6 pathways, up to the production of 20:5n-3 or 20:4n-6, respectively.
Abstract: Five experimental diets with constant total C18 PUFA and varying 18:3n-3/18:2n-6 ratios were fed to rainbow trout over an entire production cycle. The whole-body fatty acid balance method demonstrated a clear trend of progressively reduced fatty acid bioconversion activity along the n-3 and n-6 pathways, up to the production of 20:5n-3 and 20:4n-6, respectively. This suggests that the pathway exhibits a “funnel like” progression of activity rather than the existence of a single rate limiting step. The production of 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 was more active than that of 20:5n-3. However, despite this trend in reduced apparent in vivo net enzyme activity, the efficiency of the various bioconversion steps (measured as % of bioconverted substrate) confirmed an opposing trend. A 3.2-fold higher Δ-6 desaturase affinity towards 18:3n-3 over 18:2n-6 and an 8-fold greater Δ-5 desaturase affinity towards 20:4n-3 over 20:3n-6 were recorded. The main results of the study were that (1) rainbow trout are quite efficient at bioconverting 18:3n-3 to 22:6n-3, and (2) the LC-PUFA biosynthetic pathway is substrate limited. Fillet n-3 LC-PUFA concentrations increased with the increasing dietary supply of 18:3n-3. Despite an almost identical dietary supply of n-3 LC-PUFA, originating from the fish meal fraction of the diets, the fillets of trout fed the diet richest in 18:3n-3 were 2-fold higher in n-3 LC-PUFA than fish fed low 18:3n-3 diets. Nevertheless, fillets of trout fed a fish oil control diet contained more than double the amount of n-3 LC-PUFA compared to fish fed the diets richest in 18:3n-3.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on identification of sources of PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during the non-haze and haze seasons and investigated the concentration and toxicity of fine particulate matter, especially in the middle of biomass burning period.
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TL;DR: This research suggests that traditional healers are still considered important for public health among Thai communities and that many people trust the healing properties of medicinal plants.
Abstract: In rural communities of Thailand, traditional healers still play an important role in local health care systems even though modern medicine is easily accessible. Meanwhile, natural forests in Thailand which are important sources of materia medica are being greatly destroyed. This has led to an erosion of traditional Thai medicine. Furthermore, the concept of medicinal plant selection as medicine based on their tastes is still an important component of traditional Thai medicine, but no or little publications have been reported. Thus the aim of the present study is to collect ethnomedicinal data, medicinal plant tastes and relevant information from experienced traditional healers before they are lost. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out to collect information from nine experienced traditional healers on the utilization of medicinal plants in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand. Data were obtained using semi-structured interviews and participant observations. Plant specimens were also collected and identified according to the plant taxonomic method. A total of 151 medicinal plants were documented and 98 of these are reported in the study. Local names, medicinal uses, parts used, modes of preparation, and the relationship between ailments and tastes of medicinal plant species are presented. This research suggests that traditional healers are still considered important for public health among Thai communities and that many people trust the healing properties of medicinal plants. In the future, it is hoped that traditional Thai medicine will be promoted and therefore will help reduce national public health expense.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Thanongsak Thanuthong | 10 | 11 | 471 |
M. Hattayanone | 6 | 7 | 201 |
Sunthorn Sotthibandhu | 6 | 7 | 96 |
Polphat Ruamcharoen | 6 | 11 | 82 |
Atchara Nuphet Phoem | 5 | 7 | 72 |
Kritwara Rattanaopas | 4 | 10 | 45 |
Kiattisak Panpong | 4 | 6 | 85 |
Sawai Boukaew | 4 | 16 | 152 |
Weerachai Sangchay | 4 | 17 | 81 |
Wanida Petlamul | 4 | 12 | 41 |
Paweena Dikit | 4 | 6 | 56 |
Chaiyoot Meengam | 4 | 16 | 42 |
Suppachai Chainarong | 4 | 10 | 49 |
Aumnat Tongkaw | 3 | 8 | 35 |
Sasalak Tongkaw | 3 | 11 | 24 |