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Fatty Acids & Amino Acids

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What amino acid has breakdown products of skatole and indole, extremely smelly objectional odor compounds?
Tryptophan
What is the main substance that would be used as a feed to supply non-protein nitrogen?
Urea
___________ acid is a volatile fatty acid with 4 carbon atoms, that is important in rumen papillae formation and in butter fat production, that smells putrid on breakdown.
Butyric
What essential amino acid can be replaced for up to 50% of the amount needed by cysine?
Methionine
Essential amino acid that contains sulfur:
Methionine
For what essential amino acid are both the D and the L forms active?
Methionine
Babies at birth are given a PKU test to check for the proper metabolism of what essential amino acid?
Phenylalanine
What essential amino acid contains an imidazole ring?
Histidine
What term is applied to several amino acids connected together when the chain is too short to be considered a protein?
Polypeptide
Which is the natural form of the amino acids, D or L?
L
How many glycerol molecules in a diglyceride? (number only)
1
How is crude protein determined, and defined?
Nitrogen X 6.25
Fats are analyzed by their solubility in ____________ or other similar substances.
Ether
What essential amino acid is the second limiting amino acid in corn diets for pigs?
Tryptophan
What additional amino acid besides the 10 is required by cats?
Taurine
Fats have how many times as much energy as carbohydrates of proteins?
2.25
What amino acid is first limiting for most animals fed most feeds, but especially for pigs fed corn diets?
Lysine
What is the name of a long chain saturated fatty acid with 16 carbon atoms that is one of the storage fatty acids in the body? ____________ acid
Palmitic
What is the average percentage of nitrogen in proteins?
16%
Which essential fatty acid is a C18:2 omega 6 fatty acid?
Linoleic
What is the name of a long chain monounsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms that is present in good quantity in corn oil? ____________ acid
Oleic
_________ acid is a volatile fatty acid that contains 2 carbons, and is found in vinegar.
Acetic
What is the name of a long chain saturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms that is one of the storage fatty acids in the body? ____________ acid
Stearic
Which VFA is used to form glucose in ruminants by gluconeogenesis? _________ acid
Propionic Acid
___________ acid is an 18:3 omega 3 fatty acid, abundant in fish oil and flax (linseed) oil.
Linolenic
What essential amino acid begins with the letter "i"?
Isoleucine
How many fatty acids are in a diglyceride? (number only)
2
A polyunsaturated fatty acid contains __________ _________ between some carbon atoms.
double bonds
__________ acid is a volatile fatty acid that contains 3 carbon atoms and is increased in rumen fermentation by feeding grain, or by the feed additive rumensin.
Propionic
What 2 additional amino acids are required by the baby chick for the 1st several days of life? (specify 2 words in alphabetical order).
- Glycine
- Proline
A saturated fatty acid is saturated with respect to what? (what element)
Hydrogen
What is the other essential amino acid that begins with "T" besides tryptophan?
Threonine
What branched chain amino acid, beginning with the letter "V", is associated with the condition "maple syrup urine disease"?
Valine
What substance is actually analyzed when crude protein is determined?
Nitrogen
A fat containing a phosphorus entity are referred to as a:
Phospholipid
What essential amino acid is involved with sleep, but is not considered safe to supplement for correcting sleep disorder problems?
Tryptophan
What essential amino acid is involved in the urea cycle in animals, helping to detoxify and elminate nitrogen?
Arginine
What term is applied to several amino acids connected together when the chin is too short to be considered a protein?
Polypeptide
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