Navigation Links
Quails get super fit by simply eating omega-3 diet
Date:3/26/2009

When tiny semipalmated sandpipers embark on their annual odyssey from the Canadian Arctic to their winter residences in South America, they set out on one of the world's longest migrations. On the way, the tiny birds stop off at the Bay of Fundy on the Canadian east coast, where they spend two weeks gorging on a superfood, Corophium volutator (mud shrimps), which have some of the highest levels of n-3 fatty acids (better known as omega-3 fatty acids) of any marine animal.

According to Jean-Michel Weber from the University of Ottawa, omega-3 fatty acids have some rather astonishing effects. In humans they reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and alleviate depression. But it was not their potential medicinal properties that intrigued Weber; it was their ability to increase aerobic capacity, much like endurance training. Could the sandpipers be building up for their endurance challenge by simply eating? All the evidence suggest so, but Weber needed to test the miraculous fatty acids' effects on less athletic birds, bobwhite quails, to be sure. Could he boost the couch potato quails' endurance by simply feeding them omega-3 fatty acids? Weber and his team publish their discovery that quails can get fit simply by eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids on 27 March 2009 in The Journal of Experimental Biology http://jeb.biologists.org.

Teaming up with student Simba Nagahuedi, Weber fed three groups of the sedentary quails a tightly regulated omega-3 diet of n-3 eicosapentaenoic acid, or n-3 docosahexaenoic acid, or a 50/50 mixture of the two oils for 6 weeks. Then Nagahuedi checked the quails' pectoral muscles to see if their capacity to consume oxygen to produce energy had improved. Measuring the activity levels of four oxidative enzymes the duo found that the enzymes' activity levels had increased by between 58 and 90% to levels normally only seen in the migrating sandpipers. Weber admits that
'/>"/>

Contact: Kathryn Knight
kathryn@biologists.com
44-122-342-5525
The Company of Biologists
Source:Eurekalert

1

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Developing kryptonite for Superbug
2. Decoy makes sitting duck of superbugs
3. Mayo Clinic study: Ossurs collars superior in immobilization and reduction of pressure
4. Moss is a super model for feeding the hungry
5. CSIC and UAB will build the most advanced superconductor cable for electricity network
6. e-Smart(R) Technologies, Inc., Announces Next Generation Superthin Polyimide Flexible Circuit Biometric Super Smart Card(TM) card, the i am(TM) Card.
7. Positron emission tomography superior to standard evaluation tools in measuring treatment response
8. Colorado Engineering Firms Win NASA Grant to Develop Innovative Insulation for Next Generation Spacecraft - Super-Insulation May Allow Future Energy Efficient Appliances
9. e-Smart(R) Technologies Delivers Its New Super Smart Card(TM) in South Korea.
10. New research reveals shark superhighways and hotspots
11. e-SMART Technologies Continues Delivery of Its New Super SMART Card in South Korea
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/18/2013)... Bethesda, MD (May 19, 2013) The AGA Research ... Augustyn and Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer, which ... School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ... Zeb1 in pancreas development, regeneration and cancer progression. , ... award in honor of two distinguished clinicians and AGA ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... noise of the South, but the night belongs to the ... heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife. ... frogs, toads and salamanders, is the center of amphibian biodiversity ... the auditorium for their symphonic choruses, the scientists of the ... have front-row seats. , Amphibians, which rely on ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... and Sustainable Global Logistics Operations) is aiming to cut ... of intermodal loading systems and the boosting of intelligent ... organisations with experience in the logistics sector and in ... and a duration of three and a half years. ... semantic components and ontologies shared by the users, objects ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):AGA Research Foundation grant furthers digestive cancer research 2Front-row seats to climate change 2Front-row seats to climate change 3Front-row seats to climate change 4New logistics services that will cut energy consumption and CO2 emissions 2
... , PARIS , Feb. 4 ... Eurofins Scientific, a global leader in bio-analysis. , Under a ... connect 16 key Eurofins laboratories and research centers in ... company,s global customer base.  Verizon will use MPLS (multi-protocol label ...
... Toronto chemists have made a major contribution to the emerging ... photosynthesis in marine algae. "There,s been a lot of ... practices," says chemistry professor Greg Scholes, lead author of a ... "Our latest experiments show that normally functioning biological systems have ...
... College of Georgia researchers are seeking to refine cancer ... Chinese medicine. Celastrol, derived from trees and shrubs ... to treat symptoms such as fever, chills, joint pain ... play a role in cancer treatment by inactivating a ...
Cached Biology News:Verizon Business to Provide Global IP for Eurofins Scientific 2Verizon Business to Provide Global IP for Eurofins Scientific 3Scientists find quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis 2Plant derivative could help refine cancer treatment 2
(Date:5/17/2013)... May 17, 2013 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of ... announced the publication of a recent study in ... human blastocysts showing that those with an abnormal chromosomal ... they have developed to blastocysts, thereby classifying the risk ... study the same group has undertaken a retrospective study, ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... ALTO, Calif. , May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ... it has achieved 50% enrollment of the total ... to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of ... Cells) therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA). To date ... (SAE) reported. The Phase I open ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Men’s skin is ... La-roche Posay ) and has been known to react ... some men may be far from puberty, other acne causing ... pores, causing breakouts, and threatening skin with unsightly acne scars. ... from Men’s Health on how to reduce and ...
(Date:5/17/2013)... CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 IAC Industries ... Technologies, a start up laboratory needing to set up and ... moving to a larger facility within a year’s time. How ... knowledge that the laboratory is temporary? What is efficient and ... Series modular workstations from IAC Industries. The planners at DisperSol ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Breakthrough for IVF? 2Breakthrough for IVF? 3Cellular Biomedicine Group Achieves 50% Enrollment Milestone in Phase I Clinical Trial for Knee Osteoarthritis 2Adult Acne Treatment, Probiotic Action Shares New Insight on Why Men’s Skin Scars from Acne and How to Prevent It 2New Downloadable Success Story: “How To Outfit a Dynamic Lab in Flux” 2
... GBS and EV Expand GeneXpert(R) Test Menu in ... Cepheid (Nasdaq:,CPHD) today announced that Health Canada ... the rapid detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS),and ... EV-associated,meningitis. These tests join Xpert MRSA, which received ...
... 3 American Oriental,Bioengineering (NYSE: AOB ) ... private,offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, ... of newly,issued convertible preferred stock. The convertible preferred ... arrears, and will be,convertible upon the occurrence of ...
... 3, 2008, TIME: 9:30 ... Dr. Candace Kendle, Chairman and CEO Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ... June 3 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to,discuss the acquisition of ... provide an update on second quarter,progress. A question and answer session ...
Cached Biology Technology:Cepheid Market Reach Extended with Licenses in Canada and Registrations in Mexico 2Cepheid Market Reach Extended with Licenses in Canada and Registrations in Mexico 3Cepheid Market Reach Extended with Licenses in Canada and Registrations in Mexico 4American Oriental Bioengineering Announces Proposed Private Offering to Raise $125 Million via Convertible Preferred Stock 2Kendle to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss DecisionLine Acquisition and Provide Update on Second Quarter Progress 2
Allophycocyanin (APC) anti-human CD193 (CCR3, CKR3) 25 tests...
Mouse monoclonal [YLI-90] to Ly49I (Biotin) ( Abpromise for all tested applications)....
Goat polyclonal to PPP2R5D Immunogen: Peptide with sequence KRAEEFLTASQEAL, from C Terminus of the protein sequence according to NP_006236...
Rabbit polyclonal to KIAA1276 ( Abpromise for all tested applications). entrezGeneID: 27146 SwissProtID: Q9ULE4...
Biology Products: