dc.contributor.author | Oliver, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Dietrich, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Marañón, Izaskun | |
dc.contributor.author | Villarán, Maria Carmen | |
dc.contributor.author | Barrio, Ramón J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-27T16:05:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-27T16:05:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12-16 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Oliver, Laura, Thomas Dietrich, Izaskun Marañón, Maria Carmen Villarán, and Ramón J. Barrio. “Producing Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Review of Sustainable Sources and Future Trends for the EPA and DHA Market.” Resources 9, no. 12 (December 16, 2020): 148. doi:10.3390/resources9120148. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11556/1066 | |
dc.description.abstract | Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega-3 PUFA) are recognized as being essential
compounds for human nutrition and health. The human body generates only low levels of Omega-3
PUFA. Conventional sources of Omega-3 PUFA are from marine origin. However, the global growth
of population combined with a better consumer understanding about healthy nutrition leads to
the fact that traditional sources are exhausted and therefore not enough to satisfy the demand of
Omega-3 PUFA for human diet as well as aquaculture. Microalgae cultivated under heterotrophic
conditions is increasingly recognized as a suitable technology for the production of the Omega-3
PUFA. The high cost of using glucose as main carbon source for cultivation is the main challenge to
establish economical feasible production processes. The latest relevant studies provide alternative
pathways for Omega-3 PUFA production. As preliminary results show, volatile fatty acids (VFA)
recovered from waste stream could be a good alternative to the use of glucose as carbon source in
microalgae cultivation. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the actual situation of Omega-3
PUFA production, sources and market request to provide a summary on sustainable sources that are
being investigated as well as present and future market trends in Omega-3 market. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to thank the European project VOLATILE. The project has received funding
from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 720777. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | en |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Producing Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Review of Sustainable Sources and Future Trends for the EPA and DHA Market | en |
dc.type | journal article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/resources9120148 | en |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/720777/EU/Biowaste derived volatile fatty acid platform for biopolymers, bioactive compounds and chemical building blocks/VOLATILE | en |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Heterotrophic microalgae | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Sustainable sources | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Volatile fatty acid | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Docosahexaenoic acid | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Market trends | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Nutrition | en |
dc.identifier.essn | 2079-9276 | en |
dc.issue.number | 12 | en |
dc.journal.title | Resources | en |
dc.page.initial | 148 | en |
dc.volume.number | 9 | en |