Marine Drugs | |
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids of Marine Macroalgae: Potential for Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Applications | |
Hugo Pereira1  Luísa Barreira1  Filipe Figueiredo1  Luísa Cust༽io1  Catarina Vizetto-Duarte1  Cristina Polo1  Eva Reᘞk1  Aschwin Engelen1  | |
[1] Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro 8005-139, Portugal; | |
关键词: marine macroalgae; nutrition; PUFA; EPA; | |
DOI : 10.3390/md10091920 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
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 sources of PUFA. Hence, 17 macroalgal species from three different phyla (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) were analyzed and their fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) profile was assessed. Each phylum presented a characteristic fatty acid signature as evidenced by clustering of PUFA profiles of algae belonging to the same phylum in a Principal Components Analysis. The major PUFA detected in all phyla were C18 and C20, namely linoleic, arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids. The obtained data showed that rhodophytes and phaeophytes have higher concentrations of PUFA, particularly from the
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