Patent ID: 7041485

Claim:
A method for preparing 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid or (12-HETE), 11,12-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (11,12-EET), which are oxidation metabolites of arachidonic acid, said method comprising culturing thalluses of the red algae Chondrus crispus, culturing isolates of the green algae Acrochaete operculata to obtain an Acrochaete operculata biomass, preparing an extract from said Acrochaete operculata biomass, incubating the result of the culture of the Chondrus crispus thalluses with the extract obtained from the Acrochaete operculata biomass, centrifugating the result of the incubation and obtaining a supernatant removing the supernatant and recovering therefrom the 12-HETE and the 11,12-EET.