Table 2.
Fatty acid profile of the P. autumnale and S. obliquus biomass.
| Fatty Acids | Relative peak area (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| P. autumnale | S. obliquus | |
| capric (C10:0) | 1.84 ± 0.05 | 1.27 ± 0.03 |
| lauric (C12:0) | 0.82 ± 0.01 | 0.49 ± 0.00 |
| myristic (C14:0) | 1.20 ± 0.01 | 0.65 ± 0.01 |
| pentadecylic (C15:0) | 0.31 ± 0.02 | 0.21 ± 0.03 |
| palmitic (C16:0) | 49.53 ± 0.21 | 27.27 ± 0.35 |
| palmitoleic (C16:1) | 8.45 ± 0.31 | 13.02 ± 0.06 |
| margaric (C17:0) | 1.40 ± 0.06 | 0.45 ± 0.00 |
| stearic (C18:0) | 4.11 ± 0.14 | 2.38 ± 0.01 |
| oleic (C18:1n9) | 1.60 ± 0.02 | 13.73 ± 0.13 |
| linoleic (C18:2n6) | 24.98 ± 0.20 | 17.47 ± 0.27 |
| α-linolenic (C18:3n3) | 3.13 ± 0.23 | 17.90 ± 0.02 |
| stearidonic (C18:4n3) | 0.24 ± 0.20 | 2.78 ± 0.03 |
| behenic (C22:0) | 0.34 ± 0.07 | 0.43 ± 0.01 |
| lignoceric (C24:0) | 2.05 ± 0.02 | 1.18 ± 0.02 |
| SFA Ʃ | 61.60 ± 0.13a | 34.31 ± 0.36b |
| MUFA Ʃ | 10.05 ± 0.40b | 26.75 ± 0.09a |
| PUFA Ʃ | 28.35 ± 0.28b | 38.16 ± 0.32a |
Values (rows) followed by different superscript letters indicate statistical differences (p < 0.05).