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. 2020 Jan 21;7:481. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00481

Table 3.

The folate content and vitamer distribution of selected microalgae strains, calculated as PteGlu in [μg/100 g].

Genus; species; strain 5-CH3-H4folate 5-CHO-H4folate 10-CHO-PteGlu H4folate PteGlu Total folate content
COMMERCIAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
Chlorella vulgaris (Supplement 1) 397 ± 11.6 1010 ± 17.3 119 ± 1.81 60.6 ± 6.41 108 ± 7.86 1690 ± 17.3
Chlorella vulgaris (Supplement 2) 631 ± 82.7 1510 ± 65.8 132 ± 7.58 102 ± 17.9 73.3 ± 2.53 2450 ± 52.1
CULTURED REFERENCE STRAINS
Chlorella vulgaris SAG 211-12 2420 ± 47.8 643 ± 4.29 168 ± 83.9 216 ± 13.6 7.96 ± 3.88 3460 ± 134
Porphyridium purpureum CCAP 1380/3 191 ± 40.3 137 ± 28.4 67.7 ± 75.0 71.0 ± 28.4 71.5 ± 4.74 539 ± 150
Microchloropsis salina SAG 40.85 3050 ± 50.0 1060 ± 50.0 77.2 ± 4.55 147 ± 2.50 23.2 ± 1.45 4360 ± 5.60
CULTURED ISOLATED STRAINS
Picochlorum sp. isolate 4020 ± 8.87 1990 ± 124 76.9 ± 10.8 285 ± 73.0 96.4 ± 22.1 6470 ± 167
Dunaliella salina isolate 847 ± 33.7 3960 ± 48.0 255 ± 28.6 269 ± 43.3 39.8 ± 23.5 5370 ± 129
Tetradesmus sp. isolate 1410 ± 8.62 731 ± 14.5 82.3 ± 1.48 306 ± 4.54 67.0 ± 0.68 2590 ± 9.59
Chlorella sp. isolate 718 ± 99.9 832 ± 82.3 38.6 ± 4.93 407 ± 40.3 1.40 ± 0.70 2000 ± 66.6