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. 2014 Aug 13;115(3):529–540. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcu173

Table 1.

Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile (in % of total fatty acids in dry matter) of two Inula crithmoides genotypes (Ramat Negev and UAE) grown in pots irrigated with solutions containing different concentrations of NaCl

FAME Salinity (mm NaCl)
Ramat Negev
UAE
0 50 100 200 0 50 100 200
16:0 13·9bc 14·5ab 14·7a 14·8a 13·2c 13·4c 14·5ab 14·0abc
16:1 2·2 1·8 2·1 2·3 2·4 1·9 1·8 2·3
16:2 1·0ab 1·2a 1·2a 1·1ab 0·7b 0·8ab 0·8ab 0·7b
16:3ω3 2·4cd 2·2d 2·2d 2.1d 7·8a 8·1a 5·5ab 4·9bc
18:0 3·3ab 3·3ab 3·2ab 3·4a 2·6bc 2·6bc 2·4c 2·3c
18:1ω9 1·8ab 1·5ab 1·4b 1·5ab 1·7ab 1·9a 1·6ab 1·6ab
18:2 28·4a 28·9a 28·5a 29·3a 24·1b 26·3ab 26·9ab 26·1ab
18:3ω3 45·7a 44·7a 45·1a 44·4a 44·3a 41·0a 42·9a 45·6a
Others 1·4c 1·8bc 1·5c 1·2c 3·2ab 3·9a 3·6a 2·4abc
Total omega-3 48·0ab 46·9b 47·3b 46·5b 52·1a 49·1ab 48·4ab 50·5ab
Total fatty acids (% d. wt) 3·41a 2·99bc 2·88c 2·85c 3·26ab 3·12abc 2·88c 3·41a

Values are means of three replicates.

Different letters within the row indicate a significant difference, P < 0·05.