Table 10.
Fatty acid composition of the cellular lipids produced by C. elegans when batch-cultivated in bioreactor experiments.
| C/N (mol/mol) | Time (h) | PUFA (mg/L) | GLA (mg/L) | PPUFA (mg/L/h) | PGLA (mg/L/h) | g/100 g of Total FA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C16:0 |
Δ9 C18:1 |
Δ9,12 C18:2 |
Δ6,9,12 C18:3 |
Δ4,7,10,13,16,19 C22:6 |
SFA | UFA | PUFA | ||||||
| 18.3 | 141 | 553 a ± 10 |
223 a ± 11 |
3.9 a ± 0.1 |
1.6 a ± 0.1 |
17.0 a ± 0.2 |
39.3 a ± 0.7 |
16.3 a ± 0.4 |
13.1 a ± 0.2 |
3.1 a ± 0.3 |
28.2 a ± 1.0 |
71.8 a ± 2.3 |
32.5 a ± 0.6 |
| 110 | 244 | 336 b ± 25 |
91 b ± 4 |
1.4 b ± 0.1 |
0.4 b ± 0.0 |
19.4 b ± 1.1 |
55.7 b ± 2.2 |
12.8 b ± 0.7 |
4.8 b ± 0.2 |
1.1 b ± 0.3 |
27.2 a ± 0.9 |
72.4 a ± 3.1 |
17.7 b ± 1.3 |
a,b: The superscript letters indicate statistically significant differences between the results.