Identification

Namemortierella alpina oil

Regulatory

FDA/DG SANTE Petitions, Reviews, NoticesGRN 326

Physical Properties

Food Chemicals Codex Listed No

No sensory data available

Safety Information

Oral/Parenteral ToxicityNot determined
Dermal ToxicityNot determined
Inhalation ToxicityNot determined

GHS Classification

['GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS)', 'GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements']

Safety in Use

Categoryspecial dietary and nutritional additives
Recommendation for mortierella alpina oil usage levels up tonot for fragrance use.
Recommendation for mortierella alpina oil flavor usage levels up tonot for flavor use.

No supplier data available

Potential Uses

None Found

Natural Occurrence

mortierella alpina PMC

Synonyms

mortierella alpina oil PubMed: Gene targeting in the oil-producing fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4 and construction of a strain producing a valuable polyunsaturated fatty acid. PubMed: A subchronic toxicity study, preceded by an in utero exposure phase, with refined arachidonic acid-rich oil (RAO) derived from Mortierella alpina XM027 in rats. PubMed: Efficient arachidonic acid-rich oil production by Mortierella alpina through a repeated fed-batch fermentation strategy. PubMed: Arachidonic acid-rich oil production by Mortierella alpina with different gas distributors. PubMed: Efficient arachidonic acid-rich oil production by Mortierella alpina through a three-stage fermentation strategy. PubMed: Genetic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for enhanced production of trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid. PubMed: Evaluation of the effect of process variables on the fatty acid profile of single cell oil produced by Mortierella using solid-state fermentation. PubMed: Spatially resolved investigation of the oil composition in single intact hyphae of Mortierella spp. with micro-Raman spectroscopy. PubMed: High level accumulation of gamma linolenic acid (C18:3Δ6.9,12 cis) in transgenic safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds. PubMed: Enzymatic hydrolysis and extraction of arachidonic acid rich lipids from Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Single cell oil production by Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Subchronic (13-week) oral toxicity study of dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) oil in rats. PubMed: Malic enzyme: the controlling activity for lipid production? Overexpression of malic enzyme in Mucor circinelloides leads to a 2.5-fold increase in lipid accumulation. PubMed: Spore germination in Mortierella alpina is associated with a transient depletion of arachidonic acid and induction of fatty acid desaturase gene expression. PubMed: Effects of arachidonate-enriched triacylglycerol supplementation on serum fatty acids and platelet aggregation in healthy male subjects with a fish diet. PubMed: Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) content of the fungus Mortierella alpina isolated from soil. PubMed: Transformation of oil-producing fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, using Zeocin, and application to arachidonic acid production. PubMed: Hetero-azeotropic distillation: combining fungal dehydration and lipid extraction. PubMed: Improvement of the fatty acid composition of an oil-producing filamentous fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, through RNA interference with delta12-desaturase gene expression. PubMed: Effect of culture media and conditions on polyunsaturated fatty acids production by Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Molecular evidence that the rate-limiting step for the biosynthesis of arachidonic acid in Mortierella alpina is at the level of an elongase. PubMed: Establishment of an overall transformation system for an oil-producing filamentous fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4. PubMed: Cloning and sequencing of the ura3 and ura5 genes, and isolation and characterization of uracil auxotrophs of the fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4. PubMed: Effects of sesamin and capsaicin on the mRNA expressions of delta6 and delta5 desaturases in rat primary cultured hepatocytes. PubMed: Microbial synthesis of trans isomer of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from the chemically synthesized trans isomer of linolenic acid by a delta12 desaturase-defective mutant of Mortierella alpina 1S-4. PubMed: Safety evaluation of sources of docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid for use in infant formulas in newborn piglets. PubMed: A third fatty acid delta9-desaturase from Mortierella alpina with a different substrate specificity to ole1p and ole2p. PubMed: Sesamin inhibits lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase in Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Oil biosynthesis in microsomal membrane preparations from Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Isolation and use of a homologous histone H4 promoter and a ribosomal DNA region in a transformation vector for the oil-producing fungus Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Kinetic analysis of oil biosynthesis by an arachidonic acid-producing fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4. PubMed: Evaluation of a subchronic (13-week) oral toxicity study, preceded by an in utero exposure phase, with arachidonic acid oil derived from Mortierella alpina in rats. PubMed: Dielectric analysis for estimation of oil content in the mycelia of Mortierella alpina. PubMed: Preliminary safety assessment of an arachidonic acid-enriched oil derived from Mortierella alpina: summary of toxicological data. PubMed: Inhibitory effects of alkyl gallate and its derivatives on fatty acid desaturation. PubMed: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) production by Mortierella alpina ATCC 32222. PubMed: Sesamin is a potent and specific inhibitor of delta 5 desaturase in polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis.