Chickens fed with biomass of the red microalga Porphyridium sp. have reduced blood cholesterol level and modified fatty acid composition in egg yolk

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-5, 2000, Pages 325-330

  Ginzberg, Ariel ^a   Cohen, Merav ^a   Sod Moriah, Uriel A ^a   Shany, Shraga ^a   Rosenshtrauch, Avi ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Algal biomass; Cholesterol; Egg yolk; Feeding chickens; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Porphyridium sp.; Red microalga; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOMASS; CHICKEN; CHOLESTEROL; FEED ADDITIVE; LINOLEIC ACID; METABOLISM; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PORPHYRIDIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

EID: 0033747286     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008102622276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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