Fatty Acids in Natural Ecosystems and Human Nutrition

• Other Authors: Gladyshev, Michail I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Food & society; Fatty acid; fish; food web; periphyton; trophic transfer; water pollution; zoobenthos; salmon; pan-frying; rosemary; lipid oxidation; polyunsaturated fatty acids; aldehydes; isoprostanes; eicosapentaenoic acid; docosahexaenoic acid; nutritive quality; eutrophication; culinary treatments; fatty acids; dietary sources; allochthonous; Salvelinus leucomaenis; chronic mild stress; depression; gut microbiota; fish oil; olive oil; CLA; conjugated linoleic acid; ALA; α-linolenic acid; n-3 HUFA score; meat fat; vegetable fat; mollusks; symbiotic bacteria; biosynthesis; aquatic ecosystems; subsidies; food webs; fatty acyl desaturase; Δ6 - desaturase; long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; LC-PUFA; ω3; ω6; EPA; DHA; AA; essential fatty acid; health; transgene; essential polyunsaturated fatty acids; linoleic acid; alpha-linolenic acid; food quality; muscle tissue; subcutaneous adipose tissue; liver; green cryo-fodder; lipids; Leptoclinus maculatus; ontogenesis; adaptations; trophic nets; Arctic; arctic; Salmoniformes; long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; polar lipids; triacylglycerols; phytoplankton; freshwater; nutritional value
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Summary

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of the omega-3 family, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are physiologically important for many animals and humans. Moreover, fatty acids play an important roles in numerous contexts reflecting various levels: from their producers in natural ecosystems, microalgae, through to invertebrates and fish, and to culinary treatments of fish products for human consumption. Environmental threats such as anthropogenic pollution and its effects on PUFA yield in aquatic ecosystems as well as their transfer to terrestrial ecosystems are highlighted. Assumptions and challenges that are important for the study of PUFA in trophic webs of aquatic ecosystems as well as in human nutrition are discussed.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (238 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03936-263-9
9783039362622
9783039362639

Access

Open Access