LIPID CONTAINING 5,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID AND/OR 5,11,14,17- EICOSATETRAENOIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE LIPID

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for the microbial production of 5,11,14- eicosatrienoic acid and/or 5,11,14,17-eicosatetraenoic acid.;SOLUTION: The objective method for the production of 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid and/or 5,11,14,17-eicosatetraenoic acid or a triglyceride or lipid containing the fatty acids comprises the culture of a microorganism capable of producing arachidonic acid in a medium added with a Δ6 unsaturation reaction inhibitor and the collection of the produced lipid from the cultured product. The method enables the hitherto impossible industrial production of these fatty acids by microbial means.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO