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Acute appearance of fatty acids in human plasma – Comparative study between polar-lipid rich oil from microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata and krill oil in healthy young males

The long-chain n-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have human health benefits and alternatives to fish as sources of EPA and DHA are needed. Oil from the micro-algae Nannochloropsis oculata contains a significant amount of EPA linked to phospholipids and glycolipids, and no DHA. Krill oil contains EPA and DHA conjugated to …

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Interannual and Regional differences in krill and fish prey quality along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

This was part of the MSc thesis presented to The Faculty of the School of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary in Virginia (USA) by Kate Elizabeth Ruck in 2012. In the larger context of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) ecosystem, rapid regional warming has fundamentally altered the ecosystem structure and, if trends continue, …

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Australia’s Contribution to Antarctic Climate Science

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Australia’s involvement in CCAMLR is long dated, with CCAMLR’ head office located in Tasmania. Australia’s contribution to Antarctic climate science is well known and highly respected. This 2008 report was edited by D. Michael Stoddart from the Australian Antarctic Division. It shows that Australia has played a significant role in many aspects of high-latitude climate …

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Enzymatic Synthesis of Phenolic Lipids from Krill Oil in Solvent-Free Media and their Micro-encapsulation

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

The “solvent-free krill oil” has become the target for all krill oil manufacturers since Tharos’ first IP in 2009. Krill oils, except Tharos’, are manufactured using solvents in any stage of their process. And the market has slowly come up rejecting that fact. This is Sara Aziz 2013 thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate …

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Evaluation of the Biological Toxicity of Fluorine in Antarctic krill

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Although this research was published March 2014 in Advances in Polar Science, it is a very actual matter that impacts krill meal and krill oil sales, sustained by Tharos’ market research. Fluorine (F) toxicity is a matter of real concern. This research was made using rats with different dietary regimens: A control group, a krill …

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Zinc-65 Uptake and Retention From Seawater by Euphausia pacifica

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

This 1966 thesis analyzed (Zn)zinc-65 uptake and retention from seawater by Euphausia pacifica, depending on temperature, size of animal and concentration of Zn in the water. Read full report here.

Marine phospholipids—a dietary approach to tumor-associated weight loss

Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Goals of work Advanced tumor disease very often evokes excessive loss of body weight. Among others, fish oil or marine fatty acid ethyl esters were investigated for treatment of cancer cachexia with controversial results. In this study, a new formulation of marine fatty acids was investigated, marine phospholipids, with more than 50% of phospholipid-bound fatty …

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Biomass Measures Assessment of Antarctic Krill

News, Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Good day Friends and Colleagues. The Antarctic Marine Living Resources program of the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center’s Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division has been conducing research surveys of Antarctic krill (Euphausa superba) around the Antarctic peninsula since the late 1980s. The surveys expanded during this period from a grid of net tows around Elephant Island …

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Antarctic Food Web

News, Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Hello colleges and friends. A good reminder for all of us involved in the South Antarctic krill fishery, how important is krill on the fragile Antarctic Food WEB. Please see this very short version Antarctic Food Web_vF

Omega-3’s Linked to Endocannabinoids – Link Between Fish Oil and Inflammation

News, Reports / By Dimitri Sclabos

Much has been said lately about the link between Omega3’s and cannabinoids, more specifically our own cannabinoids, the “endocannabinoids“. A thesis submitted in April 2012 to fulfill the requirements for the degree of doctor at Wageningen University (The Netherlands) expands on this subject. Having so many “bad news” negatively impacting the Omega-3 category, we forget …

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