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Monodus subterraneus
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Monodus subterraneus book
Monodus subterraneus
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Monodus subterraneus book
ByZvi Cohen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1999
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 16
eBook ISBN 9780429180170
ABSTRACT
The fresh water eustigmatophyte Monodus subterraneus is one of the most promising of the microalgal sources of eicosapentaenoic acid (20:503, EPA). EPA is generally the major fatty acid. Depending on cultivation conditions the proportion of EPA in this species ranges from 20 to 37 per cent of total fatty acids (Table 2.1). Other major fatty acids are, in decreasing order of occurrence, 16:lw7, 16:O and 18:1w9.