DHA-containing oilseed: A timely solution for the sustainability issues surrounding fish oil sources of the health-benefitting long-chain omega-3 oils

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2035-2058

  Kitessa, Soressa M ^a   Abeywardena, Mahinda ^a   Wijesundera, Chakra ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternate sources; Aquaculture; Omega 3 long chain PUFA

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; STEARIDONIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL FOOD; AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; HUMANS; PLANT OILS; SEAFOOD; SOYBEAN OIL;

EID: 84901341806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6052035     Document Type: Review

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