Fatty acid content in seaweeds from the Baltic Sea and the Indian Ocean
Fatty acid content in seaweeds from the Baltic Sea and the Indian Ocean
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波罗的海和印度洋海藻的脂肪酸含量
作者:
B. K. Ramavat;K. Pazdro;A. Kosakowska;J. Pempkowiak
Two species of red marine macroalgae (Rhodophyceae) from the Indian Ocean, two species of brown marine macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) and one species of green marine macroalgae (Chlorophyceae) from the Baltic Sea were examined for fatty acid composition and content. Fatty acids were quantified by means of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of their coumaryl esters. The total fatty acid content ranged from 220µg g 1 d.w. in red algae Grateloupia indica to 12 600µg g 1 d.w. in red algae Acantophora spicifera. The proportions of particular fatty acids varied considerably in these species. Palmitic acid (16:0) was dominant in all the species investigated (58–68%) except for G. indica, which contained only 11% of this acid. The Baltic green algae Enteromorpha clathrata was characterised by a high amount of linolenic acid (16.7%), whereas the red macroalgae from the Indian Ocean A. spicifera contained large amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid (13%) and oleic acid (11%).