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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Hidetaka Uehara, Yokosuka, JP;
Tomomi Suganuma, Yokosuka, JP;
Satoshi Negishi, Yokosuka, JP;
The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd., Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An easy and inexpensive process by which a concentrate of a given unsaturated fatty acid can be obtained from a mixture which has conventionally been difficult to concentrate. The process, which is for producing a concentrate of a desired isomer (a) from a mixture (A) selected from the group consisting of a mixture comprising at least two isomers of a Cor higher conjugated unsaturated fatty acid and a mixture comprising at least two cis-isomers of a Cor higher unsaturated fatty acid having a cis-double bond, is characterized by comprising: a step in which the mixture (A) is mixed with at least one Csaturated fatty acid (B) to obtain a mixture solution containing the isomer (a) dissolved therein; a crystallization step in which either crystals rich in the isomer (a) or crystals poor in the isomer (a) are precipitated from the mixture solution; and a solid-liquid separation step for obtaining the crystals rich in the isomer (a) or for obtaining a solution rich in the isomer (a) by removing the crystals poor in the isomer (a).