| Revista: | Electronic journal of biotechnology |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000259722 |
| ISSN: | 0717-3458 |
| Autors: | Deepa Kachroo1 Shaneen M. Singh Jolly2 Viraraghavan Ramamurthy3 |
| Institucions: | 1University of Delhi, Nueva Delhi, Delhi. India 2City University of New York, Department of Biology, Nueva York. Estados Unidos de América 3PSG College of Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. India |
| Any: | 2006 |
| Període: | Jul |
| Volum: | 9 |
| Número: | 4 |
| País: | Chile |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Experimental |
| Resumen en inglés | The accumulation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by algae Spirulina platensis and Chlorella minutissima was studied. Response of these organisms to the substituted pyridazinone, SAN 9785, an inhibitor of the long chain fatty acid desaturase, indicated that fatty acid synthesis and their desaturation were regulated differently in these organisms. While the pool of palmitic acid, the precursor for the unsaturated C18 fatty acids, was stringently maintained in the green alga C. minutissima, in the cyanobacterium S. platensis the level of palmitic acid was liberally maintained in spite of the enhanced accumulation of unsaturated C18 fatty acids |
| Disciplines | Biología, Química |
| Paraules clau: | Algas, Fitoquímica, Biotecnología, Spirulina platensis, Chlorella minutissima, Acidos grasos insaturados, Herbicidas |
| Keyword: | Biology, Chemistry, Algae, Phytochemistry, Spirulina platensis, Chlorella minutissima, Unsaturated fatty acids, Herbicides |
| Text complet: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
