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. 2014 Jan 24;13:14. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-14

Table 1.

Comparison of extract content between different lipid extraction methods

  Chl:Met Dic:Met Pro:Hex Eth:KOH ScCO 2
Extract content (% of dry weight) 11.66 ± 1.16 (abc) 15.05 ± 0.46 (a) 13.35 ± 1.15 (ab) 9.40 ± 1.64 (c) 10.88 ± 0.46 (bc)

Different small letters indicate significant differences using one-way ANOVA analysis (P < 0.05).

Chl:Met: chloroform and methanol method;

Dic:Met: dichloromethane and methanol method;

Pro:Hex: propan-2-ol and cyclohexane method;

Eth:KOH: ethanol and KOH method;

ScCO2: supercritical-CO2 extraction method.