BROWN ALGA-DERIVED CONJUGATED FATTY ACID, FATTY ACID ISOMERASE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATED FATTY ACID

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conjugated fatty acid of a new origin and a fatty acid isomerase, and to provide a new method for producing a conjugated fatty acid.;SOLUTION: The conjugated fatty acid is extracted from a brown alga (Dictyopteris divaricata). The fatty acid isomerase is also extracted from Dictyopteris divaricata. An unsaturated fatty acid such as eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid as a starting material is subjected to a conjugation reaction by using the isomerase to produce a conjugated fatty acid such as conjugated eicosapentaenoic acid and conjugated docosahexaenoic acid.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO