Polyunsaturated fatty acids of marine macroalgae: potential for nutritional and pharmaceutical applications

As mammals are unable to synthesize essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), these compounds need to be taken in through diet. Nowadays, obtaining essential PUFA in diet is becoming increasingly difficult; therefore this work investigated the suitability of using macroalgae as novel dietary sou...

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Main Author: Pereira, Hugo (author)
Other Authors: Barreira, Luisa (author), Figueiredo, Filipe (author), Custodio, Luisa (author), Vizetto-Duarte, Catarina (author), Polo, Cristina (author), Resek, Eva (author), Engelen, Aschwin (author), Varela, Joao (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Alpha linolenic acid
Algae
Microalgae
Sea
Omega 3 fatty acids
Macrophytes
Conversion
Products
Seaweeds
Coast
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11917
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/11917

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11917

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