Table 3.

Analysis of sterols content in different yeast species

Yeast species	Biomass	Totala, mg g−1
L. creatinivorum	4.0 ± 0.1	4.03 ± 0.12*
C. parapsilosis	8.2 ± 1.0	1.94 ± 0.17
V. victoriae	12.6 ± 2.4	1.52 ± 0.02
D. fristingensis	3.6 ± 0.2	3.43 ± 0.25
R. mucilaginosa	5.8 ± 0.3	2.07 ± 0.04*
C. laryngis	6.5 ± 0.3	2.44 ± 0.09*
S. salmonicolor	5.0 ± 0.6	2.63 ± 0.13
W. anomalus	7.1 ± 0.2	2.23 ± 0.08*
G. gastrica	8.7 ± 0.8	2.13 ± 0.22*
M. gelida	3.2 ± 0.2	3.11 ± 0.02
M. blollopis	1.4 ± 0.1	6.91 ± 0.24

^a, normalized by dry weight of yeasts; ^b, percentages calculated according to analysis by RP-HPLC. *, data from Villarreal et al. [38]. The values are the average of three determinations