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Squalene

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Squalene is a polyunsaturated triterpene composed of 2,6,10,10,15,15,19,23-hexamethyltetracosane and is mainly extracted from shark liver oil (about 35%) (1). It is also found in vegetables, oils, fishes. EU Directive 2003/15/EC reduced the use of squalane from animal sources and many producers of this oil now obtain it from plant sources...

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Squalene studies

by A_Partyns (13105 pt) · 2020-Nov-26

The most significant studies on squalene with reference to intake, properties, phytochemistry. Evaluation of squalene oxidation mechanisms in human skin surface lipids and shark liver oil supplements. Shimizu N, Ito J, Kato S, Eitsuka T, Saito T,...

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Last update2019-11-06 18:42

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