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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gudmundur G. Haraldsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Olav Thorstad, Heistad, NO;
Bjørn Kristiansson, Reykjavik, IS;
Assignee:
Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/00 ; C12P 7/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/00 ; C12P 7/64 ;
Abstract
Marine oil compositions which contain EPA and DHA as free acids are esterified with glycerol in the presence of a lipase catalyst under reduced pressure and essentially organic solvent-free conditions to form a free fatty acid fraction enriched in at least one of EPA and DHA.