Omega-3

Structura molecularis acidi α-linolenici.

Acidi pingues Omega 3 sunt adipes polyinsaturati. In regimine hominum perutiles sunt quia possunt cholesterolem in sanguine humana ad minorem copiam redigere.

Fontes praecipuae acidorum omega-3

Semina Chia (Salvia hispanica) dives in Omega-3.

Pisces

• Salmo salar fera
• Clupea harengus
• Scomber colias
• Engraulis encrasicolus
• Sardina

Plantae

• Portulaca oleracea
• Spinacia oleracea

Semina plantarum

• Salvia hispanica
• Actinidia chinensis
• Perilla frutescens
• Linum usitatissimum
• Vaccinium vitis-idaea
• Portulaca oleracea
• Hippophae rhamnoides

Bibliographia

• Artemis P. Simopoulos, "Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Antioxidants in Edible Wild Plants" in Biological Research (2006).
• Artemis P. Simopoulos, N. Salem jr., "Purslane: a terrestrial source of omega-3 fatty acids" in New England Journal of Mediceine vol. 315 (1986) p. 833.

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