| 摘要 |
To provide a method for supplying oil or fat containing lauric acid as a constituent fatty acid and a method for supplying lauric acid or esters thereof using the oil or fat with algae. A method for producing lauric acid or esters thereof, which method includes, culturing at least one species selected from the group consisting of algae in the class Chlorarachniophyceae and algae in the class Cryptophyceae consisting of algae belonging to the genus Rhodomonas and algae belonging to the genus Chroomonas selected from among Chroomonas diplococca, Chroomonas mesostigmatica, Chroomonas nordstedtii, and Chroomonas placoidea in a medium; recovering, from the culture product, an oil or fat having a lauric acid content of 3 weight% or higher of the fatty acid composition; and, as needed, esterifying the lauric acid in the recovered oil or fat, followed by separating and recovering the lauric acid or esters thereof. |
