Arachidonic acid is not available readily, although it is widely distributed in animal tissue. We found that in some strains ofMortierella alpina, arachidonic acid accounted for 68.5–78.8% of the total fatty acids. This is more than twice the arachidonic acid content of any organism previously reported. The content of arachidonic acid per dry cell weight was about 25%. Our findings offer a method for the efficient isolation of arachidonic acid in large amounts.
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