PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID-CONTAINING PHOSPHOLIPID AND USE OF SAID LIPID

摘要

A process for the production of an eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)-containing phospholipid, comprising the steps of preparing cells of microorganism capable of producing EPA, extracting the cells with a solvent which can solubilize the EPA-containing phospholipid, removing the solvent to obtain a residue containing the EPA-containing phospholipid mixing the residue with a solvent which substantially cannot solubilize the EPA-containing phospholipid recovering the solvent insoluble fraction, and purify the fraction by column chromatography; and a lipid metabolism modifying composition comprising an EPA-containing phospholipid.