Table 1.

Fatty acyl compositions (mol %) at the sn-2 of TAGs from mature seeds of transgenic B. carinata expressing EhELO1 and of native plant E. hyemalis. Each value represents the mean of triplicate ± standard deviation.

Fatty acid composition	B. carinata WT	Transgenic B. carinata expressing EhELO1	E. hyemalis
C16:0	1.0 ± 0.19	3.6 ± 0.70	Trace
C18:0	1.4 ± 0.23	7.6 ± 2.12	Trace
C18:1–9+ C18:1–11	26.7 ± 0.52	38.7 ± 3.08	1.06 ± 0.06
C18:2–9,12	55.5 ± 0.57	40.0 ± 3.69	1.51 ± 0.17
C18:3–9,12,15	15.4 ± 0.43	6.0 ± 2.87	ND
C20:0		0.6 ± 0.24	ND
C20:1–11		0.6 ± 0.17	3.01 ± 0.08
C20:2–11,14		2.2 ± 0.68	6.58 ± 0.20
C20:3–5,11,14		ND	1.26 ± 0.06
C20:3–11,14,17		0.3 ± 0.08	ND
C22:1–13		ND	5.69 ± 0.16
C22:2–13,16		ND	77.74 ± 0.52
C24:1		0.7 ± 0.08	ND