| Literature DB >> 25554366 |
Catarina Vizetto-Duarte1, Hugo Pereira, Carolina Bruno de Sousa, Amélia Pilar Rauter, Fernando Albericio, Luísa Custódio, Luísa Barreira, João Varela.
Abstract
The fatty acid (FA) composition of six macroalgae from the Cystoseira genus, namely Cystoseira compressa, Cystoseira humilis, Cystoseira tamariscifolia, Cystoseira nodicaulis, Cystoseira baccata and Cystoseira barbata, was determined. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) corresponded to 29-46% of the total FA detected. C. compressa, C. tamariscifolia and C. nodicaulis stood out for their low PUFA/saturated fatty acid, low n-6 PUFA/n-3 PUFA ratios as well as favourable unsaturation, atherogenicity and thrombogenicity indices, suggesting a high nutritional value with potential applications in the nutraceutical industry.Entities:
Keywords: Cystoseira; PUFA; brown algae; fatty acids; nutrition
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25554366 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.992343
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Prod Res ISSN: 1478-6419 Impact factor: 2.861