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Tipo
Artigos em Revista

Tipo de Documento
Artigo Completo

Título
Fatty acid profile of different species of algae of the Cystoseira genus: a nutraceutical perspective

Participantes na publicação
C. Vizetto-Duarte (Author)
H. Pereira (Author)
C. Bruno de Sousa (Author)
A. P. Rauter (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQB
F. Alberício (Author)
L. Custódio (Author)
L. Barreira (Author)
J. Varela (Author)

Resumo
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.


Instituição
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Suporte
NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH

Identificadores da Publicação
ISSN - 1478-6419

Editora
Informa UK Limited



Identificadores do Documento
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2014.992343
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2014.992343

Identificadores de Qualidade
Web Of Science Q2 (2018) - 1.999 - Chemistry, Applied

Keywords
Brown algae Cystoseira Fatty acids Nutrition PUFA

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