Arachidonic Acid is a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid 20:4(ω-6). Insen Arachidonic Acid products is natural fermented from Mortierella alpina. It is widely used for heathcare food and supplements, especially for the infant milk and supplements.
Benefits of Arachidonic Acid:
1. Regulate the excitability of the heart:
The latest research reports that arachidonic acid and its metabolites such as LTC4 can activate the heart's haematopin-like K+ channel coupled with G protein in a receptor-independent manner, and regulate cardiac excitation under physiological and pathological conditions.
2. Participate in neuroendocrine:
Arachidonic acid can stimulate the secretion of the anterior pituitary gland, placenta and mast cells, and participate in the regulation of the secretion of various hormones and neuropeptides in various neuroendocrine tissues, such as oxytocin, vasopressin, insulin and glucagon, etc. .
3. The role of promoting cell division:
Arachidonic acid and its metabolites can promote cell division, and its metabolites have this effect in smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, and lymphocytes.
4. Inhibition of platelet aggregation:
Arachidonic acid and its metabolites cause vasodilation. Vascular endothelial cells are closely related to arachidonic acid enzyme, which can release vasodilation factors, relax vascular smooth muscle, and dilate blood vessels under certain stimuli.
The main application of arachidonic acid:
1. New food nutrition enhancer
Due to the low desaturase activity in infants and young children, even if they take in enough linoleic acid, they cannot synthesize the amount of arachidonic acid required for growth and development.
The fetus obtains and accumulates arachidonic acid from the mother through the placenta, and obtains arachidonic acid from breast milk and meals after birth. If the level of arachidonic acid in maternal blood is low or the diet is limited during artificial feeding, it may cause arachidonic acid deficiency in fetuses and infants. In view of the fact that arachidonic acid is an essential nutrient for early human development and has special effects on the development of the central nervous system and retinal nerves of fetuses and infants, arachidonic acid is mainly used in nutritional supplements for pregnant women and formula foods for infants.
Arachidonic acid is a natural component of breast milk. Decades of research in various countries in the world have found that the average composition of breast milk in different regions is relatively consistent, and the content of arachidonic acid is between 0.5% and 0.7%. It is more abundant in breast milk and almost absent in cow's milk.
2. Fish feed rich in arachidonic acid
In the past 20 years, the requirements of fish essential fatty acids have been extensively studied at home and abroad. It is generally believed that fish have a slow demand for arachidonic acid, which can be met by arachidonic acid contained in feed (fish meat and fish oil), but at a special stage of the fish life cycle, high levels may be required Arachidonic acid to acclimate.
Arachidonic acid is beneficial to fish growth, survival and resistance to stress; promotes fish reproduction, improves the quality of eggs, sperm and seedlings; regulates the immune function of fish. Therefore, fish feed rich in arachidonic acid has broad market prospects.
