From: On the potential application of polar and temperate marine microalgae for EPA and DHA production
Fatty acid | Chaetoceros brevis | Thalassiosira weissflogii | Pyramimonas sp. | Emiliania huxleyi* | Fibrocapsa japonica |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C14:0 | 7.6 ± 0.1 | 7.6 ± 0.4 | - | 20.2 | 22.1 ± 0.1 |
C15:0 | - | 1.3 ± 0.1 | - | 1.1 | - |
C16:0 | 7.9 ± 0.1 | 26.8 ± 0.3 | 23.2 ± 0.3 | 6.2 | 18.6 ± 0.2 |
C16:1 | 2.8 ± 0.0 | - | 1.5 ± 0.0 | - | 1.5 ± 0.1 |
C16:1n7 | 26.6 ± 0.1 | 30.2 ± 0.4 | - | - | 2.7 ± 0.8 |
C16:3 | 3.4 ± 0.1 | 11.9 ± 0.1 | - | - | - |
C16:4 | 14.2 ± 0.4 | - | 18.9 ± 1.0 | - | - |
C18:0 | - | - | 2.6 ± 1.8 | - | 1.4 ± 0.3 |
C18:1n5 | - | - | 2.8 ± 0.1 | 3.0 | - |
C18:1n7 | - | - | 5.5 ± 0.1 | 4.4 | 9.2 ± 3.0 |
C18:1n9 | - | - | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 17.1 | 10.9 ± 0.4 |
C18:2n6 | - | - | 3.8 ± 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.8 ± 0.0 |
C18:3n3 | - | - | 17.1 ± 0.4 | 8.9 | 2.2 ± 0.2 |
C18:4n3 | 5.6 ± 0.1 | 5.0 ± 0.3 | 5.9 ± 0.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 ± 2.1 |
C18:5n3 | - | - | 4.9 ± 0.2 | 8.4 | - |
C20:3 | - | - | 2.8 ± 0.1 | - | - |
C20:4n6 | - | - | - | - | 7.3 ± 0.6 |
C20:5n3 (EPA) | 31.5 ± 0.4 | 14.6 ± 0.1 | - | - | 11.9 ± 1.5 |
C22:5n3 | - | - | 2.6 ± 0.1 | - | - |
C22:6n3 (DHA) | - | 2.7 ± 0.0 | 5.8 ± 0.3 | 20.7 | - |