Effects of limonene, n-decane and n-decanol on growth and membrane fatty acid composition of the microalga Botryococcus braunii

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Table 1 Physico-chemical properties of solvents used in the two-phase aqueous-organic system

Solvents	Molar mass (g/mol)	Maximum water solubility (mM)	Log \(\text {P}_{O{-}W}\)^a	Log \(\log {\text{P}}_{{M{{-}}W}}\)^b,c	MMC^d	\(\text {[M]/[M}{_{dec}}]\) ^e
Decane	142.29	0.000366	5.01^f	4.22	6	1
Limonene	136.23	0.101299	4.23^g	3.46	294	\(\approx\) 49
n-decanol	158.28	0.230000	3.97^h	3.21	374	\(\approx\) 62

\({\text{Log}\, \text {P}_{M{-}W}}\) and \(\text {[M]/[M}{_{dec}}\)] were included as references
^a Logarithm of octanol-water partition coefficient
^b Logarithm of water-membrane partition coefficient
^c Calculated according to Sikkema et al. (1994)
^d MMC: maximum membrane concentration of solvent. Calculated according to Neumann et al. (2005b)
^e Solvent concentration in membrane (M) divided by n-decane concentration in membrane (\(\text {M}_{dec}\))
^f Data from Mojaat et al. (2008)
^g Data from Filipsson et al. (1998)
^h Data from Frenz et al. (1989b)