Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing free polyunsaturated fatty acids and their oxidation metabolites, wherein, successively, the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids and of their oxidation metabolites is stimulated, in a red alga, by the action of an elicitor which is peptide, lipid or saccharide in nature, and then the polyunsaturated fatty acids produced and also their oxidation metabolites are extracted.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 9, 2006
Assignee:
Laboratoires Goemer S.A.
Inventors:
Kamal Bouarab, Jean-Pierre Salaun, Jean-Claude Yvin, Philippe Potin