A process for high yield and scaleable recovery of high purity eicosapentaenoic acid esters from microalgae and fish oil

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 516-529

  Belarbi, El Hassan ^a   Molina, Emilio ^a   Chisti, Yusuf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentated silica gel column chromatography; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fish oil; Microalgae; Monodus subterraneus; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ESTER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DRUG COST; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG PURITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

MONODUS SUBTERRANEUS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0034071720     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(99)00191-X     Document Type: Article

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