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Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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SYSNO ASEP 0470132 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Importance of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Marine Algae Author(s) Zárate, R. (ES)
El Jaber-Vazdekis, Nabil (MBU-M)
Ramírez-Moreno, R. (ES)Source Title Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Keys to Nutritional Health. - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016 / Hegde M.V. ; Zanwar A.A. ; Adekar S.P. - ISBN 978-3-319-40456-1 Pages s. 101-126 Number of pages 27 s. Number of pages 610 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords Algae ; Biotechnology ; EPA Subject RIV EE - Microbiology, Virology R&D Projects ED2.1.00/03.0110 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support MBU-M - RVO:61388971 EID SCOPUS 85006699038 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40458-5_9 Annotation Marine algae are non-vascular photoautotrophic organisms containing chlorophyll. They are the primary producers in marine food webs and responsible for the maintenance of life in many ecosystems. Algae are able to produce a wide range of active metabolites, many of which are of great importance to human health, such as the highly valued omega-3 eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (EPA and DHA). There is an increasing demand of these fatty acids, and new sources from algae are been investigated. As presented in this chapter, algae offer great potential and different biotechnological approaches have been developed for boosting fatty acid yields in microalgae. Many industrial exploitation examples exist and more will follow. Thus, in future decades with the scientific advances to come, marine algae will surely become an important, attractive, continuous, and sustainable omega-3 source, to thus satisfy the increasing world demand for these compounds. Workplace Institute of Microbiology Contact Eliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231 Year of Publishing 2017
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