The filamentous fungus Mortierella alpina, high in arachidonic acid

The filamentous fungus Mortierella alpina, high in arachidonic acid

Arachidonic acid is not available readily, although it is widely distributed in animal tissue. We found that in some strains of Mortierella alpina , arachidonic acid accounted for 68.5–78.8% of the total fatty acids. This is more than twice the arachidonic acid content of any organism previously rep...

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Veröffentlicht in:Lipids 1987-12, Vol.22 (12), p.1060-1062
Hauptverfasser: TOTANI, N, OBA, K
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry
Biological and medical sciences
Food industries
Food microbiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Lipids
Other biological molecules
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Zusammenfassung:Arachidonic acid is not available readily, although it is widely distributed in animal tissue. We found that in some strains of Mortierella alpina , arachidonic acid accounted for 68.5–78.8% of the total fatty acids. This is more than twice the arachidonic acid content of any organism previously reported. The content of arachidonic acid per dry cell weight was about 25%. Our findings offer a method for the efficient isolation of arachidonic acid in large amounts.
ISSN:0024-4201
1558-9307
DOI:10.1007/BF02536452