This research aimed to study the effect of various growth conditions
(temperature, culture age and culture medium) on the fatty acids composition
of cytoplasm membrane of 37 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus using Gas
Chromatography-Mass Spectrome
try (GC-MS). Results revealed that the total
number of fatty acids of Staph. aureus was 33. Eight of them were principle and
included: anti-isotetradecanoic acid (aC15:0), octadecanoic acid (C18:0),
eicosanoic acid (C20:0), isotetradecanoic acid (Ci14:0), isotridecanoic acid
(Ci15:0), hexadecanoic acid (C16:0), antisohexa- decanoic acid (Ca17:0) and
octadecenoic acid (C18:1) with a percentage of 33.96, 18.37, 14.94, 7.32, 6.23,
4.14, 3.03 and 2.89%, respectively. The percentage of each of the other fatty
acids was less than 1%. Increasing the incubation temperature was associated
with reducing the percentages of Ca15:0, Ci15:0, C16:0 and C18:1; and
increasing Ca17:0, Ci14:0, C18:0 and C20:0. The increase in incubation period
caused a decrease in C16:0, C18:0, C18:1 and C20:0; and an increase in Ca15:0
and Ca17:0. Moreover, the variation in culture media caused differences in the
percent of Ca15:0, C18:0 and C20:0; while the other fatty acids showed no
changes.
Ten samples of dry, cooked Chickpea, Homos with Tahina, and Falafel were
randomly collected from different places in Damascus and urban side during
2003-2004 with an average weight of 200g for each sample. Chemical
composition, amino acids, fatty
acids, and minerals were determined to
investigate the effect of cooking and frying on the nutritional value of chickpea
products.
