Composition of Fatty Acids in Marine and Freshwater Algae of Sindh....
Ehsan Elahi Valeem, Mustafa Shameel
Nature has bestowed Pakistan with plentiful resources including algae, which are being utilised for the extraction of metals, phycocolloids, oil, cholesterol free protein and fertilisers. Algae have attracted pharmaceutical and synthesis industries for their commercial exploitation. These organisms include essential fatty acids (EFAs) such as linoleic, arachidonic, linolenic, ?-linolenic acids etc. that must be in diet for healthy growth. These acids cannot be synthesized fast enough by body to meet needs. Present research work aimed at isolation and characterisation of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids from seaweeds and freshwater algae collected from the Karachi coast of northern Arabian Sea as well as various areas of the Sindh...
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