From Fish Oil to Microalgae Oil ... A Win-Win Shift for Humans and Our Habitat

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 299-303

  Cannon, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPID; MICROALGA OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUKARYOTA; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HUMANS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 69549133482     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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