Maria Cristina Cabrera

Dr. Maria Cristina Cabrera


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Academic Career Length

41Years (1986-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 November 2014 in Meat Science
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MCMaria Cristina Cabrera
Maria Cristina Cabrera
ASAli Saadoun
Ali Saadoun

12 October 2009 in Meat Science
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MCMaria Cristina Cabrera
Maria Cristina Cabrera
ARA. Ramos
A. Ramos
ASAli Saadoun
Ali Saadoun
GBG. Brito
G. Brito



17 January 2017 in International Journal of Food Science
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MPMarta del Puerto
Marta del Puerto
MCMaria Cristina Cabrera
Maria Cristina Cabrera
ASAli Saadoun
Ali Saadoun
This investigation evaluated, in broiler chickensPectoralisandGastrocnemiusmuscles, the effect of the dietary supplementation with sodium selenite (0.3 ppm) versus selenomethionine (0.3 ppm), on the fatty acids composition, lipids indices, and enzymes indexes for desaturase, elongase, and thioesterase. The selenium reduced, in both muscles, the content of atherogenic fatty acids, C14:0 and C16:0, while it increased the C18:1 level. On the other hand, selenium increased, in both muscles, the content of C18:3n3 and EPA, but not DPA and DHA. No selenium effect was detected for PUFA/SFA, n-6, n-3, n-6/n-3, and atherogenic and thrombogenic indices. As for the enzyme indexes, a selenium effect is only detected for thioesterase. Taken together, the results highlight the potential effect of dietary selenium, mainly selenomethionine, in the modulation of the composition of fatty acids in chicken meat, in particular, reducing the content of atherogenic fatty acids and increasing the health promoting n-3 PUFA.

1 January 2015 in Food Chemistry
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FZFernanda Zaccari
Fernanda Zaccari
MCMaria Cristina Cabrera
Maria Cristina Cabrera
ARAna Ramos
Ana Ramos
ASAli Saadoun
Ali Saadoun