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) |
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Ramat Negev |
UAE |
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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.