MICROBIAL OIL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROBIAL OIL, CONCENTRATED MICROBIAL OIL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONCENTRATED MICROBIAL OIL

摘要

Provided are: a microbial oil containing a specific amount of at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid which has a carbon number of at least 20 and which is in a fatty acid alkyl ester state and/or a free fatty acid state, and a specific amount of a thermally produced fatty acid which has a carbon number of 16-22 and which is in a fatty acid alkyl ester state and/or a fatty acid state; a method for manufacturing said microbial oil, said method comprising the preparation of a feed oil containing at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid which has a carbon number of at least 20, which is in an alkyl ester state and/or a free fatty acid state, and which is obtained from a microbial biomass, the precision distillation of the feed oil under specific conditions, and the acquisition of the microbial oil; a concentrated microbial oil obtained using said manufacturing method and a manufacturing method for the concentrated microbial oil; and a therapeutic or preventative agent for inflammatory ailments that includes said microbial oil or concentrated microbial oil.