A novel unsaturated fatty acid hydratase toward C16 to C22 fatty acids from Lactobacillus acidophilus

Hydroxy FAs, one of the gut microbial metabolites of PUFAs, have attracted much attention because of their various bioactivities. The purpose of this study was to identify lactic acid bacteria with the ability to convert linoleic acid (LA) to hydroxy FAs. A screening process revealed that a gut bact...

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Main Authors: Akiko Hirata, Shigenobu Kishino, Si-Bum Park, Michiki Takeuchi, Nahoko Kitamura, Jun Ogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752035553X