STRUCTURED LIPIDS CONTAINING HIGHLY UNSATURATED OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS

摘要

Structured lipids (SL) are triacylglycerols (TAG) with mixtures of short, medium and/or long chain fatty acids esterified to the same glycerol molecule. SL may provide an effective means of delivering fatty acids with particular characteristics desirable either in nutrition or in specific diseases. In this contribution, enzyme-assisted synthesis of structured lipids, sources of fatty acids for synthesis of structured lipids and their health effects are discussed.