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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Kyushu University, Nat'l University Corporation, Fukuoka, JP;
University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, JP;
Konan Gakuen, Kobe, JP;
Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keishi Sakaguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Rie Hamaguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Takanori Matsuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Makoto Ito, Fukuoka, JP;
Naoki Nagano, Miyazaki, JP;
Masahiro Hayashi, Miyazaki, JP;
Yuji Okita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Honda, Kobe, JP;
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A microbial oil is obtained from Labyrinthulomycetes in which a gene for fatty acid biosynthesis has been disrupted or an expression of the gene has been inhibited to highly accumulate the fatty acid. The microbial oil typically contains: (a) 1.5% or more of arachidonic acid (AA) based on a total amount of fatty acid; (b) 0.2% or more of dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA) based on the total amount of fatty acid; (c) 0.04% or more of eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA) based on the total amount of fatty acid; (d) 3.8% or more of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) based on the total amount of fatty acid; (e) 13.7% or less of n-6 docosapentaenoic acid (n-6DPA) based on the total amount of fatty acid; and (f) 43.9% or less of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) based on the total amount of fatty acid.