Fatty Acid Composition and Squalene Content of the Marine Microalga Schizochytrium mangrovei

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1196-1200

  Jiang, Yue ^a   Fan, King Wai ^b   Wong, Raymond Tsz Yeung ^b   Chen, Feng ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

DHA; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Schizochytrium mangrovei; Squalene

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SQUALENE;

ALGA; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; HONG KONG; KANDELIA CANDEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM MANGROVEI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; KANDELIA CANDEL; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 1542317132     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf035004c     Document Type: Article

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