Table I. Fatty acid composition of total lipids from leaves of wild-type and OE-FAD transgenic tomato plants.
Data presented are from a single representative experiment that was repeated twice with similar results. Values are means ± sd of triplicate determinations of fatty acid composition.
| Genotype | Fatty Acid |
18:3/18:2 | Lipid Content | |||||||
| 16:0 | 16:1 | 16:2 | 16:3 | 18:0 | 18:1 | 18:2 | 18:3 | |||
| mol % | mg g−1 fresh wt | |||||||||
| Wild type | 19.1 ± 0.9 | 6.2 ± 1.7 | 3.8 ± 0.1 | 7.5 ± 0.3 | 2.1 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 13.4 ± 0.4 | 46.0 ± 1.1 | 3.43 | 4.29 ± 0.25 |
| OE-FAD3 | 21.5 ± 0.9 | 4.6 ± 0.5 | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 7.1 ± 0.2 | 2.9 ± 0.5 | 7.2 ± 1.2 | 2.8 ± 0.3 | 51.0 ± 1.8 | 18.21 | 4.35 ± 0.12 |
| OE-FAD7 | 20.4 ± 0.7 | 4.9 ± 0.2 | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 7.6 ± 0.2 | 2.2 ± 0.1 | 3.3 ± 1.0 | 9.7 ± 0.4 | 48.7 ± 0.8 | 5.02 | 5.03 ± 0.46 |
| OE-FAD3FAD7 | 26.2 ± 0.2 | 8.6 ± 2.6 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 6.2 ± 0.1 | 3.9 ± 0.2 | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 48.8 ± 2.3 | 23.24 | 3.68 ± 0.37 |