[HTML][HTML] Desaturases and elongases involved in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in aquatic animals: From genes to functions

Ó Monroig, AC Shu-Chien, N Kabeya, DR Tocher… - Progress in lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems are rich in “omega-3” long-chain (C 20-24) polyunsaturated fatty acids
(LC-PUFA). Their production has been historically accepted to derive mostly from marine …

Sustainable valorization approaches on crustacean wastes for the extraction of chitin, bioactive compounds and their applications-A review

NIW Azelee, D Dahiya, S Ayothiraman, NM Noor… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The unscientific disposal of the most abundant crustacean wastes, especially those derived
from marine sources, affects both the economy and the environment. Strategic waste …

Environmental salinity and dietary lipid nutrition strategy: Effects on flesh quality of the marine euryhaline crab Scylla paramamosain

J Luo, Ó Monroig, Q Zhou, DR Tocher, Y Yuan, T Zhu… - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The quality of crustaceans' flesh has direct impact on consumers' purchase choices, with
water environment and dietary nutrition being effective ways to regulate flesh quality. The …

A complete enzymatic capacity for biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22 : 6n–3) exists in the marine Harpacticoida copepod Tigriopus californicus

N Kabeya, M Ogino, H Ushio, Y Haga… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The long-standing paradigm establishing that global production of Omega-3 (n–3) long-
chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) derived almost exclusively from marine single …

Functional characterization reveals a diverse array of metazoan fatty acid biosynthesis genes

J Boyen, A Ribes‐Navarro, N Kabeya… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Long‐chain (≥ C20) polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC‐PUFAs) are physiologically
important fatty acids for most animals, including humans. Although most LC‐PUFA …

Examination of gammarid transcriptomes reveals a widespread occurrence of key metabolic genes from epibiont bdelloid rotifers in freshwater species

A Ribes-Navarro, N Kabeya, LFC Castro… - Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Previous data revealed the unexpected presence of genes encoding for long-chain
polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) biosynthetic enzymes in transcriptomes from …

[HTML][HTML] Can Artemia franciscana produce essential fatty acids? Unveiling the capacity of brine shrimp to biosynthesise long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

M Ramos-Llorens, A Ribes-Navarro, JC Navarro… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Artemia nauplii are widely used as live preys for feeding early life-cycle stages of marine
finfish and shrimp. However, a major drawback associated to using Artemia is their deficient …

Comprehensive metabolomic and lipidomic profiling of the seasonal variation of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.): Free amino acids, 5′-nucleotides, and lipids

JN Chen, XH Huang, J Zheng, YH Sun, XP Dong… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) is a shellfish with high nutritional and economic value. Free
amino acids (FAAs), 5′-nucleotides, and lipids that affected the nutritional value and flavor …

Dietary phosphatidylcholine improved the survival, growth performance, antioxidant, and osmoregulation ability of early juvenile mud crab Scylla paramamosain

H Xu, T Liu, W Feng, J He, T Han, J Wang, C Wang - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
A 60-day culture experiment was designed to investigate the effect of dietary
phosphatidylcholine/soybean lecithin (PC/SL) levels on survival, growth, body composition …

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the brain and visual system: Focus on invertebrates

E Fock, R Parnova - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
A critical role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), mainly docosahexaenoic acid
22: 6ω3 (DHA), in the development and function of the brain and visual system is well …