Fatty acids of six Codium species from southeast Australia

Fatty acid profiles, total lipid contents of 12 green macroalgae collected from south east Australia were analysed. These algae belong to six Codium species. The major fatty acids are 16:0, 18:1ω9, 18:3ω3, 16:3ω3, 18:2ω6 and 20:4ω6. Total polyunsaturated fatty acid contents ranged from 17.2 to 54.4%...

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Published in:Phytochemistry (Oxford) 1998-08, Vol.48 (8), p.1335-1339
Main Authors: Xu, Xin-Qing, Viet Hung Tran, Kraft, Gerry, Beardall, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algae
Biological and medical sciences
chemical composition
Chlorophycota
fatty acids
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
geographical variation
lipids
Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution
seasonal variation
species differences
Thallophyta
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Summary:Fatty acid profiles, total lipid contents of 12 green macroalgae collected from south east Australia were analysed. These algae belong to six Codium species. The major fatty acids are 16:0, 18:1ω9, 18:3ω3, 16:3ω3, 18:2ω6 and 20:4ω6. Total polyunsaturated fatty acid contents ranged from 17.2 to 54.4%. Total lipid contents were from 7.3 to 21.1%. There were large variations in individual fatty acid contents according to species, season and location. Fatty acid profiles and total lipid contents of 12 green algae samples, belonging to six Codium species were analysed.
ISSN:0031-9422
1873-3700
DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00115-0