Fatty Acids from Marine Organisms

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: anti-inflammatory; anti-inflammatory effect; antibacterial; antioxidant activity; atherogenicity index (AI); Atlantic mackerel; biomass composition; biorefinery; Book Industry Communication; Box–Behnken experimental design; canning; chrysolaminarin; COX-2; Cyprinus carpio; de novo synthesis; DHA; DHA recovery; dietary supplement; disruption; eicosapentaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); elderly; emulgels; EPA; fatty acid methyl esters; fatty acids; fatty acids profile (FA); fatty ointment; feeding strategy; frozen storage; fucoxanthin; gonadosomatic index (GSI); green extraction; healing effect; heavy metals; hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio (h/H); Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; inflammageing; lipid induction; lipids; lipids accumulation; long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; marine fungi; Medicine; microalgae; muscle flavor; Nephroselmis sp; nitrogen starvation; omega-3-fatty acids; Other branches of medicine; oxygen; packing medium; parametric methods; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Pharmacology; phosphate starvation; polar lipids; polyunsaturated; polyunsaturated fatty acids; proteins; PUFA; statistical analysis; stingray liver oil; TAG; thrombogenicity index (TI); α-linolenic acid; β-glucan; ω3/ω6 ratio
• ISBN: 3036590889; 9783036590882; 9783036590899; 3036590897
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-9089-9

Fatty acids (FAs) are considered very important biomolecules because they have been used as trophic biomarkers in the marine food chain analysis of several ecological niches. They are compounds universally present in all organisms and play very important biological roles, such as acting as building blocks in biological membranes and signaling molecules. A great number of different fatty acids (saturated, mono- and di-unsaturated, branched, halogenated, hydroxylated, and methoxylated), as well as the major polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids, occur in marine organisms. In addition, marine organisms are a rich source of metabolites with unusual structures that often exhibit interesting pharmacological properties. Moreover, it is worth emphasizing that the nutritional value of fish and marine invertebrates directly depends on their lipid composition and, in particular, their fatty acid profile, and this represents the basis of the trade of most international marine products. For this Special Issue, we invited academic and industry scientists to submit reviews and original research articles focusing on the chemistry, biological roles, and bioactivities of fatty acids from marine organisms.