date:Jan 27, 2016
ealth-beneficial omega-3 fatty acid EPA.
The research team studied mice which had been fed with EPA oil from genetically engineered Camelina sativa, commonly known as false flax, but actually a member of the Brassicaceae family. Crops were grown in glasshouses at the primarily publically-funded Rothamsted Research.
The researchers looked to see whether consuming oil from the engineered plants was as beneficial as EPA rich -- fish oil. They did this by testing tissue concentrations of fatty aci