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| Class of hydrophobic substrate | Substrate | Number of carbon atoms and insaturation number |
| Triglycerides | tributyrin | C4 |
| triolein | C18:1 | |
| Methylates | methyl hexanoate | C6 |
| methyl decanoate | C10 | |
| methyl myristate | C14 | |
| methyl palmitate | C16 | |
| methyl oleate | C18:1 | |
| Free fatty acids | hexanoic acid | C6 |
| oleic acid | C18:1 | |
| erucic acid | C22:1 | |
| Alkanes | decane | C10 |
| dodecane | C12 | |
| hexadecane | C16 |
