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Table 8 Percentage of lipids obtained extracting in optimum conditions for both yeasts using different combinations of solvents, and the percentual increase of the extraction in comparison with chloroform/methanol extraction

From: Optimization of lipid extraction from the oleaginous yeasts Rhodotorula glutinis and Lipomyces kononenkoae

Solvents

Percentage of lipids (%)

Rhodotorula glutinis

Percentual increase

Lipomyces kononenkoae

Percentual increase

Toluene/methanol

17.0 ± 0.4

− 5.03

39.7 ± 2.2

15.7

Chloroform/ethanol

11.1 ± 0.6

− 37.99

29.5 ± 1.8

− 13.99

Toluene/ethanol

10.5 ± 0.4

− 41.34

39.4 ± 1.3

14.87

Chloroform/methanol

17.9 ± 0.1

0

34.3 ± 0.8

0

  1. Extractions performed in triplicate