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. 2020 Sep 30;7:565996. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.565996

Table 3.

Fatty acid profile of commercial microalgae biomasses and LG-Chlorella.

Biotona Piura Purasana Soleil Vie Alver LG-Chlorella
10:0 n.d. n.d. 0.2 ± 0.3 n.d. n.d. n.d.
14:0 n.d. n.d. 0.1 ± 0.2 n.d. 1.8 ± 0.0 n.d.
15:1-ω5 1.3 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.7 n.d. n.d.
16:0 18.2 ± 0.1 18.7 ± 0.1 18.1 ± 0.3 19.6 ± 1.0 15.9 ± 0.0 20.2 ± 0.0
16:1-ω7 2.6 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 2.7 ± 0.1 n.d. n.d.
17:1-ω7 7.8 ± 0.1 4.8 ± 0.1 6.4 ± 0.1 8.7 ± 0.4 n.d. n.d.
18:0 2.3 ± 0.0 2.7 ± 0.0 2.7 ± 0.0 2.7 ± 0.2 1.6 ± 0.0 4.9 ± 0.0
18:1-ω9 2.8 ± 0.0 2.7 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 0.0 2.6 ± 0.1 38.9 ± 0.2 14.8 ± 0.0
18:2-ω6 27.7 ± 0.0 37.5 ± 0.0 34.1 ± 0.5 31.1 ± 1.6 30.6 ± 0.1 40.3 ± 0.1
18:3-ω3 15.1 ± 0.3 7.6 ± 0.1 10.1 ± 0.1 15.8 ± 0.8 9.4 ± 0.1 19.7 ± 0.0
OFAs 22.2 ± 0.1 23.8 ± 0.3 23.9 ± 0.5 15.8 ± 4.6 1.8 ± 0.3 n.d.
Σ SFAs 20.5 ± 0.1 21.4 ± 0.1 21.2 ± 0.7 22.3 ± 1.1 19.3 ± 0.1 25.1 ± 0.0
Σ MUFAs 14.5 ± 0.2 9.7 ± 0.2 10.8 ± 0.2 15.0 ± 1.4 38.9 ± 0.2 14.8 ± 0.0
Σ PUFAs 42.8 ± 0.3 45.1 ± 0.2 44.1 ± 0.6 46.9 ± 2.4 40.0 ± 0.2 60.0 ± 0.1

Fatty acids are expressed as percentage (%) of the total fatty acids. Results are expressed as mean of triplicates ± standard deviation (n = 3). OFA, Other fatty acid; SFA, Saturated fatty acid; MUFA, Monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, Polyunsaturated fatty acid; n.d., not detected.