TRANSGENE CRUCIFEROUS PLANTS AS PRODUCENTS OF LONG CHAIN UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS L. A. Sakhno

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ISSN 1995-5537

"Biotechnology" journal Vol. 3, No. 2, 2010
Р. 9-18, Bibliography. 77, Russian
Universal Decimal classification: 575.827:604.6:582.683.2

TRANSGENE CRUCIFEROUS PLANTS AS PRODUCENTS OF LONG CHAIN UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS

L. A. Sakhno

Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering of National Academyof Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

Achievements and prospects of creation and application of oilseed cruciferous plants (rapeseed Brassica napus L. var oleifera DC., Indian mustard Brassica juncea (L.) Czern, Abyssinianmustard Brassica carinata A. Braun) for obtaining of unsaturated fatty acids with a long (C₁₈-C₂₄) carbon chain for dietary (stearidonic, arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, docosahexaenoic, nervonic), pharmaceutical (γ-linolenic, taxoleic, pinolenic) and technical (erucic, gondoinoic, dokozadienoic) purposes are discussed.

Key words: Brassica napus, Brassica juncea, Brassica carinata, monounsaturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acids.