Table 4.
Fatty acid profile of each fatty acid (expressed in mg·g−1 of dried algae) of Chondracanthus teedei var. lusitanicus (MG—male gametophyte, FG—female gametophyte, and T—tetrasporophyte) and Grateloupia turuturu (FrG—fructified gametophyte, nFrG—non-fructified gametophyte, and T—tetrasporophyte). Results are expressed in mean ± standard deviation. The sum of fatty acids’ (FA) content that compose each class (SFA—saturated fatty acids; MUFA—monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA—polyunsaturated fatty acids; HUFA—highly unsaturated fatty acids), the ratio of omega 6/omega 3 and the N—diversity in FA molecules have been highlighted with bold format in the respective table lines.
| C. teedei (MG) | C. teedei (FG) | C. teedei (T) | G. turuturu (FrG) | G. turuturu (nFrG) | G. turuturu (T) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C16:0 | 20.29 ± 8.45 | 1.66 ± 4.36 | 17.46 ± 0.63 | 13.59 ± 14.20 | 11.84 ± 5.65 | 15.75 ± 5.41 |
| C17:0 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 1.08 |
| C18:0 | 0.50 ± 0.04 | 0.12 ± 0.07 | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 2.69 ± 0.49 | 2.34 ± 0.00 | 3.12 ± 0.10 |
| C24:0 | 0.26 ± 0.20 | 0.15 ± 0.04 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| ∑ SFA | 21.16 | 1.93 | 17.78 | 16.28 | 14.18 | 18.87 |
| C15:1 | 2.41 ± 0.93 | 0.21 ± 0.48 | 2.63 ± 0.34 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| C16:1 | 0.84 ± 0.03 | 0.12 ± 0.10 | 1.20 ± 0.06 | 0.05 ± 0.84 | 0.05 ± 0.88 | 0.06 ± 0.81 |
| C18:1 | 3.08 ± 2.71 | 0.44 ± 1.29 | 4.99 ± 0.28 | 0.23 ± 3.02 | 0.20 ± 3.51 | 0.26 ± 3.37 |
| ∑ MUFA | 6.32 | 0.77 | 8.82 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.33 |
| C18:2 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 0.14 ± 0.13 | 0.38 ± 0.02 | 0.07 ± 0.27 | 0.06 ± 0.34 | 0.08 ± 0.35 |
| C18:3 (α-LA) | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.64 | 0.02 ± 0.52 | 0.03 ± 0.65 |
| C18:3 (γ-LA) | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.77 | 0.00 ± 0.72 | 0.00 ± 0.88 |
| ∑ PUFA | 0.41 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| C20:4 ω-6 (ARA) | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.24 ± 0.00 | 0.21 ± 0.00 | 0.28 ± 0.00 |
| C20:5 ω-3 (EPA) | 2.66 ± 2.35 | 0.40 ± 1.11 | 6.00 ± 0.31 | 4.08 ± 2.01 | 3.55 ± 0.89 | 4.73 ± 2.33 |
| C22:6 ω-3 (DHA) | 5.16 ± 4.54 | 0.76 ± 2.42 | 10.81 ± 0.55 | 0.00 ± 2.27 | 0.00 ± 1.96 | 0.00 ± 9.07 |
| ∑ HUFA | 11.70 | 1.16 | 16.81 | 4.32 | 3.76 | 5.01 |
| ∑ FA | 39.59 | 4.01 | 43.79 | 30.21 | 26.33 | 35.01 |
| ω- 6/ ω- 3 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| N | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |