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. 2021 Jan 13;11:930. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78820-2

Table 3.

The effect of microalgal polysaccharides on the biosynthesis and profile of alkanes and alkenes in tomato plants leaves.

Control A. platensis D. salina 002 Porphyridium sp. P. tricornutum Desmodesmus sp. D. salina 067
Alkanes (µg g−1)
Heptadecane C17 351.69 0.00 1716.06 2673.91 0.00 2866.68 1743.36
Octadecane C18 31.56 0.00 234.35 0.00 1253.18 156.65 0.00
Eicosane C20 0.00 840.30 1034.08 0.00 1622.30 161.03 2590.71
Heneicosane C21 0.00 0.00 518.91 0.00 112.51 161.55 0.00
Docosane C22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 155.86 0.00
Tricosane C23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 177.99
Tetracosane C24 35.77 709.66 0.00 1829.03 0.00 329.94 173.74
Pentacosane C25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18.83 0.00 0.00
Hexacosane C26 0.00 77.81 0.00 0.00 211.84 61.92 0.00
Heptacosane C27 20.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Octacosane C28 0.00 179.19 449.78 161.42 0.00 155.86 188.26
Nonacosane C29 0.00 217.76 0.00 74.07 0.00 0.00 0.00
Triacontane C30 0.00 141.34 483.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 325.46
Hentriacontane C31 0.00 0.00 0.00 988.70 0.00 2034.48 388.44
Dotriacontane C32 0.00 177.29 0.00 295.25 463.09 513.11 416.66
Tritriacontane C33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 257.45 0.00 0.00
Alkanes derivatives (µg g−1)
Trans-2,3-Epoxydecane 313.55 119.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1-Chloroeicosane 0.00 62.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hexadecane, 1-iodo- 0.00 0.00 211.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Octadecane, 1-iodo- 0.00 0.00 637.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bis-siloxane 28.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cycloeicosane 0.00 0.00 0.00 603.16 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cyclotriacontane 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 44.20 0.00 0.00
Cyclotetrasiloxane, octamethyl- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1587.31
Cyclopentasiloxane, decamethyl 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 412.08
Cyclohexasiloxane, dodecamethyl- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 160.65
-17-((2R,5R)-5-Ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 113.94
Total 781.69 21,263.07 24,023.98 25,363.04 22,720.90 25,334.59 27,016.10
Alkenes (µg g−1)
7-Hexadecene 39.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1-Octadecene 54.51 118.82 351.31 0.00 124.67 503.18 0.00
1-Pentadecene 0.00 100.15 72.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.63
1-Tetradecene 0.00 0.00 0.00 127.38 112.57 0.00 0.00
Cetene 0.00 0.00 0.00 279.08 194.58 234.31 0.00
2-Dodecen-1-yl 0.00 0.00 0.00 196.61 0.00 0.00 0.00
9-Nonadecene 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 399.36 0.00 0.00
Z-8-Hexadecene 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 286.04
Total 93.91 218.97 423.54 603.06 831.18 737.49 344.67