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Table 2

Main fatty acids in lipids from Isochrysis galbana Parke (927/1) and Tisochrysis lutea.

Fatty acid Common name wt% total fatty acids



    I. galbana Parke T. lutea


    TL NL GL PL TL NL GL PL
C14:0 Myristic acid 18.0 11.8 21.4 25.3 14.6 9.6 13.3 20.4
C16:0 Palmitic acid 8.8 13.8 10.5 10.1 12.3 16.0 14.6 5.3
C16:1 Palmitoleic acid 2 / / / / 7.4 9.2 /
C18:1 Oleic acid 13.5 15.8 13.0 9.7 8.7 8.5 11.5 12.5
C18:2 Linoleic acid 4.3 5.3 4.6 1.5 18.9 9.7 24.0 2.9
C18:3 Linolenic acid 11.4 11.0 15.4 0.8 8.9 4.8 12.9 0.8
C18:4 Stearidonic acid 9.5 12.7 10.9 0.5 9.5 6.3 8.6 0
C22 :6 Docosahexaenoic acid 13.5 7.3 3.1 49.8 5.4 6.9 2.3 43.5

TL:total lipids; NL: neutral lipids; GL: glycolipids; PL: phospholipids; /: not detected or not taken into account.

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