Soybean oil: genetic approaches for modification of functionality and total content

TE Clemente, EB Cahoon - Plant physiology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
World consumption of soybean (Glycine max) in 2008 was over 221 million metric tons, with
approximately 50% of this supply coming from US production, where soybean plantings on …

An alternative to fish oils: metabolic engineering of oil-seed crops to produce omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

M Venegas-Calerón, O Sayanova, JA Napier - Progress in lipid research, 2010 - Elsevier
It is now accepted that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic
acid (EPA; 20: 5Δ5, 8, 11, 14, 17) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6Δ4, 7, 10, 13, 16 …

Eicosapentaenoic acid: biosynthetic routes and the potential for synthesis in transgenic plants

OV Sayanova, JA Napier - Phytochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are now known to play important roles in human
health. In particular, eicosapentaenoic acid (20: 5Δ5, 8, 11, 14, 17; n-3: EPA) is implicated as …

Vegetable oil: nutritional and industrial perspective

A Kumar, A Sharma, KC Upadhyaya - Current genomics, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Oils of plant origin have been predominantly used for food-based applications. Plant oils not
only represent a non-polluting renewable resource but also provide a wide diversity in fatty …

Characterization and modulation of gene expression and enzymatic activity of delta-6 desaturase in teleosts: A review

M Vagner, E Santigosa - Aquaculture, 2011 - Elsevier
There is currently considerable interest in understanding how the biosynthetic pathways of
highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) are regulated in fish. The aim is to know if it is possible …

Characterization and comparison of fatty acyl Δ6 desaturase cDNAs from freshwater and marine teleost fish species

X Zheng, I Seiliez, N Hastings, DR Tocher… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2004 - Elsevier
Fish are the most important dietary source of the n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA),
eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), that have particularly important …

Highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in vertebrates: new insights with the cloning and characterization of a Δ6 desaturase of Atlantic salmon

X Zheng, DR Tocher, CA Dickson, JG Bell, AJ Teale - Lipids, 2005 - Springer
Fish are an important source of the n− 3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA),
eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids that are crucial to the health of …

The front-end desaturase: structure, function, evolution and biotechnological use

D Meesapyodsuk, X Qiu - Lipids, 2012 - Springer
Very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids such as arachidonic acid (ARA, 20: 4n-6),
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20: 5n-3), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA, 22: 5n-3) and …

Metabolic engineering of the omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway into transgenic plants

N Ruiz-López, O Sayanova, JA Napier… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Omega-3 (ω-3) very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs) such as
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20: 5 Δ5, 8, 11, 14, 17) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22: 6 …

Juice components and antioxidant capacity of four Tunisian Citrus varieties

MS Tounsi, WA Wannes, I Ouerghemmi… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Juices from four Citrus species of Tunisia were investigated mainly for
quality parameters and antioxidant capacity. RESULTS: Citrus reticulata (mandarin) juice …