PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FATTY ACIDS, PARTICULARLY η-LINOLENIC ACID FROM TETRAHYMENA, PRODUCTS OBTAINED THEREBY AND MEDICINAL OR ALIMENTARY PREPARATION CONTAINING η-LINOLENIC ACID OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF AS PLATELET ANTI-AGGREGATION AGENT

摘要

The process for producing fatty acids is characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: production of ciliated protozan tetrahymena in an appropriate nutricious medium and-extraction of total fatty acids of tetrahymena. The invention also relates to total fatty acids thus obtained, as well as to the η-linolenic acid or the dihomo-η-linolenic acid and their derivatives as well as to medicinal or alimentary preparations containing them as platelet anti-aggregation agent or anti-thrombotic agent.