Fatty acid composition of Antarctic cyanobacteria

Phycologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-434

  Pushparaj, Benjamin ^a   Buccioni, Arianna ^b   Paperi, Raffaella ^a   Piccardi, Raffaella ^a   Ena, Alba ^a   Carlozzi, Pietro ^a   Sili, Claudio ^a  

^a Sezione di Firenze   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic cyanobacterial lipids; Arachidonic acid; Fatty acids; Nutraceuticals

Indexed keywords

CHONDROCYSTIS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; LEPTOLYNGBYA; NOSTOC; PHORMIDIUM; PSEUDOPHORMIDIUM;

EID: 47249159936     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/PH07-90.1     Document Type: Article

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