Table 1 Fatty acid profile of some oleaginous yeasts and vegetable oils

Lipomyces starkeyi [12, 17]

27–36

1–9

35–51

2–19

0–4

Rhodotorula toruloides [13, 18]

13–28

2–13

39–56

12–26

2–8

Rhodotorula babjevae [12]

10–16

2–5

23–63

7–17

3–18

Vegetable oil [15]

 Palm

43.8

4.4

39.1

10.2

0.3

 Olive

12.1

2.6

72.5

9.4

0.6

 Rapeseed

5.1

1.7

60.1

21.5

9.9

 Soybean

10.8

3.9

23.9

52.1

7.8