Table I.
Fatty acid composition in the neutral lipid fraction of cucumber cotyledons
| DAG | Fatty Acid
Composition
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:0 | 16:0 | 18:0 | 18:1 | 18:2 | 18:3 | Total | |
| nmol/cotyledon pair | |||||||
| 0 | 303 (1.2)* | 3473 (13.4) | 1948 (7.5) | 3351 (12.9) | 16,760 (64.6) | 103 (0.4) | 25,938 |
| 1 | 277 (1.1) | 3346 (13.6) | 1849 (7.5) | 3294 (13.4) | 15,730 (64.0) | 87 (0.4) | 24,583 |
| 2 | 224 (0.9) | 3021 (12.8) | 1904 (8.1) | 3077 (13.1) | 14,960 (63.5) | 361 (1.5) | 23,547 |
| 3 | 120 (0.8) | 2182 (14.1) | 1372 (8.9) | 2139 (13.8) | 9,280 (63.5) | 396 (2.6) | 15,488 |
| 4 | 180 (2.1) | 1143 (13.2) | 42 (0.5) | 1229 (14.1) | 5,571 (59.9) | 524 (6.0) | 8,689 |
| 5 | 187 (7.8) | 282 (11.9) | 241 (10.1) | 284 (11.9) | 1,126 (64.1) | 261 (10.9) | 2,380 |
| 6 | 219 (27.3) | 120 (14.9) | 66 (8.2) | 52 (6.5) | 231 (47.3) | 116 (14.4) | 803 |
| 7 | 216 (44.7) | 48 (9.8) | 23 (4.7) | 20 (4.2) | 93 (19.3) | 83 (17.2) | 483 |
| 8 | 173 (45.5) | 52 (13.6) | 22 (5.7) | 10 (2.6) | 51 (13.6) | 72 (18.9) | 379 |
Values in parentheses are the percentages of total neutral lipids.