Alternative sources of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine microalgae

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2259-2281

  Martins, Dulce Alves ^a   Custódio, Luísa ^a   Barreira, Luísa ^a   Pereira, Hugo ^a   Ben Hamadou, Radhouan ^c   Varela, João ^a   Abu Salah, Khalid M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

DHA; EPA; Marine microalgae; N 3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

A2 EPA PURE; ALGAEBIO OMEGA 3 ORIGINS; DHA ALGAE; DHAID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EICOOIL; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID PLUS DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LIFE'S DHA; LIFE'S DHA PLUS EPA; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SOURCE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; CRYPTHECODINIUM COHNII; CYCLINDROTHECA; CYCLOTELLA CRYPTICA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ORGANISM; HETEROTROPH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; NITZSCHIA LAEVIS; NONHUMAN; ODONTELLA AURITA; PAVLOVA LUTHERI; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM CRUENTUM; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; SEA FOOD; SECONDARY PREVENTION; ULKENIA;

ANIMALS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; MICROALGAE;

EID: 84880868350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11072259     Document Type: Review

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