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Université De Sherbrooke

Adrien R Beaudoin

Jean Sevigny

Genevi&egrave;ve Martin

Bilha Fischer

Richard Boudreault

Efrat Halbfinger

Genevi&eacute;ve Martin

Fernand-Pierre Gendron

A composition comprising an oil selected from the group consisting of vegetable oils, animal oils, and krill oil in an amount sufficient to lower the peroxide index of the composition. The composition may preferably comprise a fish oil also having astaxanthin added thereto.

Method for preventing the oxidation of lipids in animal and vegetable oils and compositions produced by the method thereof

The present invention relates to two ATP diphosphohydrolases (ATPDase enzymes) isolated from bovine aorta and pig pancreas, which enzymes have a molecular weight for their catalytic unit of about 78 and 54 Kilodaltons, respectively. A first process for obtaining a highly purified ATPDase is also an object of the present invention. This process has been successfully applied to the purification of both the pancreatic and the aorta enzymes and is deemed to work in the purification of any ATPDase. For both sources of enzymes, the process allows the specific activity of the enzyme to be increased by at least 10,000 fold when compared to the activity retrieved in the crude cell homogenates. The novel process involves an ion exchange chromatography step, a separation on an affinity column, followed by an electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions. The two enzymes purified by this process (aortic and pancreatic) are glycosylated and, when deglycosylated, have molecular weights shifted to about 56 and 35 Kdaltons, respectively. Partial amino acid sequences have been obtained for each enzyme. The partial sequences appear highly homologous with a human lymphoid cell activation antigen named CD39. An antibody directed against the porcine pancreatic enzyme cross-reacts with a protein present in endothelial cell lines and in bovine aorta (78 KDa). The high degree of homology of the pancreatic and aortic enzymes with CD39 and their cross-reactivity are indications that both enzymes are related. The pancreatic enzyme completely lacks the first 200 amino acids of CD39, which means the ATPDase activity is comprised between residues and of CD39. Since this is the first time that a sequence is assigned to ATPDases, a second new process for producing ATPDases by recombinant technology can also be used. Therefore a second new process for producing an ATPDase using the CD39-encoding nucleic acid or part or variant thereof is also described.

ATP-diphosphohydrolases, process of purification thereof and process of producing thereof by recombinant technology

Provided herein is a method for extracting lipid fractions from marine and aquatic animal material by acetone extraction. The resulting non-soluble and particulate fraction is preferably subjected to an additional solvent extraction with an alcohol, preferably ethanol, isopropanol or t-butanol or an ester of acetic acid, preferably ethyl acetate to achieve extraction of the remaining soluble lipid fraction from the marine and aquatic animal material. The remaining non-soluble particulate contents is also recovered since it is enriched in proteins and contains a useful amount of active enzymes. Also provided herein is a krill extract.

Method of extracting lipids from marine and aquatic animal tissues

The present invention relates to a method for purifying marine mammal oil enriched in omega 3 fatty acids and to compositions comprising such oils. The invention also relates to a method of preparing such oils from the seal and other marine mammals. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for the transformation of subcutaneous and muscular tissues from the seal and other marine mammals. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a process for obtaining lipid and protein extracts from the carcasses of seal and other marine mammals and to these extracts. In addition, the invention relates to fractions obtained by the methods of the present invention and to food supplements comprising same.

Method for purifying marine mammal oil enriched in omega 3 fatty acids and compositions comprising same

C8-substituted purine nucleotide analogs, such as ATP analogs, and their use is described, including their use as inhibitors of NTPDases and thereby as tools to modulate the conversion of nucleotides into nucleoside derivatives, and thus modulate the levels of these compounds. Such modulation further provides for the modulation of the activity and function of many processes which are affected by these compounds.

C8-substituted purine nucleotide analogs

A method for the extraction of lipids from lipid containing tissues of a member of the bird species such as the ratite, gallinaceous or anatidae wherein the lipid containing tissues are comminuted and the lipids extracted in a solvent, preferably acetone or ethyl acetate, to provide a liquid fraction and a solid fraction and subsequently removing the solvent from the liquid fraction to provide a lipid rich component.

Process for the extraction of lipids from fatty bird tissues

The present invention relates to two ATP-diphosphohydrolases (ATPDase enzymes) isolated from bovine aorta and pig pancreas, which enzymes have a molecular weight for their catalytic unit of about 78 and 54 Kilodaltons, respectively. A first process for obtaining a highly purified ATPDase is also an object of the present invention. The process has been successfully applied in the purification of both the pancreatic and the aorta enzymes and is deemed to work in the purification of any ATPDase. For both sources of enzymes, the process allows the specific activity of the enzyme to be increased by at least 10,000 fold when compared to the activity retrieved in the crude cell homogenates. The novel process involves an ion exchange chromatography step, a separation on an affinity column, followed by an electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions. The two enzymes purified by this process (aortic and pancreatic) are glycosylated and, when deglycosylated, have molecular weights shifted to about 56 and 35 Kdaltons, respectively. Partial amino acid sequences have been obtained for each enzyme. The partial sequences appear highly homologous with a human lymophoid cell activation antigen named CD39. An antibody directed against the porcine pancreatic enzyme cross-reacts with a protein present in endothelial cell lines and in bovine aorta (78 KDa). The high degree of homology of the pancreatic and aortic enzymes with CD39 and their cross-reactivity are indications that both enzymes are related. The pancreatic enzyme completely lacks the first 200 amino acids of CD39, which means the ATPDase activity is comprised between residues 200 and 510 of CD39. Since this is the first time that a sequence is assigned to ATPDase, a second new process for producing ATPDases by recombinant technology can also be used. Therefore, a second new process for producing an ATPDase using the CD39-encoding nucleic acid or part or variant thereof is also described.

Mammalian ATP-diphosphohydrolases and process of purification thereof

The present invention relates to two ATP diphosphohydrolases ATPDase enzymes isolated from bovine aorta and pig pancreas, which enzymes have a molecular weight for their catalytic unit of about 78 and 54 Kilodaltons, respectively. A novel process for obtaining a highly purified ATPDase is also an object of the present invention. This process has been successfully applied to the purification of both the pancreatic and the aorta enzymes and is deemed to work in the purification of any ATPDase. For both sources of enzymes, the process allows the specific activity of the enzyme to be increased by at least 10,000 fold when compared to the activity retrieved in the crude cell homogenates. The novel process involves an ion exchange chromatography step, a separation on an affinity column, followed by an electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions. The two enzymes purified by this process (aortic and pancreatic) are glycosylated and, when deglycosylated, have molecular weights of about 56 and 35 Kdaltons, respectively.

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Adrien R Beaudoin