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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroshi Yoshida, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Fumikazu Takahashi, Haga-gun, JP;
Yasushi Takimura, Haga-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yoshida, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Fumikazu Takahashi, Haga-gun, JP;
Yasushi Takimura, Haga-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide a method for supplying lauric acid with algae. The method for producing an oil or fat containing lauric acid as a constituent fatty acid includes culturing algae in the class Chlorarachniophyceae in a medium and recovering, from the culture product, an oil or fat having a lauric acid content of 3 weight % or higher of the fatty acid composition.