Negative correlation between oil lipolysis and its LC-PUFA content in simulated digestion




Beltrame, Gabriele; Valta, Iida; Damerau, Annelie; Linderborg, Kaisa M.

PublisherElsevier BV

2025

LWT - Food Science and Technology

LWT

117835

224

0023-6438

1096-1127

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2025.117835

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2025.117835

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/498924987



The growing awareness of the pro-oxidant conditions of the gastrointestinal tract promotes attention to the fate of n-3 PUFAs after ingestion. These investigations primarily rely on in vitro models, with INFOGEST 2.0 being the most commonly applied. However, scarce attention is currently paid to the hydrolysis degree of the oils. In the present short communication, lipid digesta of DHA-rich oils, obtained after in vitro digestion, were analyzed with NMR spectroscopy. Rapeseed oil was used as positive control. Results showed that the DHA content of the oil negatively affected lipolysis, with an observed negative non-linear relationship between lipolysis extent and the long chain n-3/n-6 fatty acid ratio of the oil. 13C NMR revealed a clear negative relationship between lipolysis and relative amount of 22:6n-3 in the sn-1,3 position. This intrinsic obstacle should be taken into account during the in vitro research on behavior of n-3-rich oils in the gastrointestinal tract.


This work was carried out as part of the project “Omics of oxidation – Solutions for better quality of docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids” funded by the Academy of Finland (grant number 315274, PI Kaisa Linderborg). Gabriele Beltrame acknowledges personal financial grants from Niemi Foundation and from Finnish Cultural Foundation.


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