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Table 2 Fatty acid content of S. almeriensis

From: Analysis of the lipid extraction performance in a cascade process for Scenedesmus almeriensis biorefinery

Fatty acid

Total fatty acid (%)

14:00

1.8 ± 0.2

16:00

13.8 ± 0.4

16:1n7

4.6 ± 0.5

16:2n4

2.5 ± 02

16:3n4

3.1 ± 0.1

16:4n1

18.2 ± 0.5

18:1n9

6.8 ± 1.8

18:1n7

1.3 ± 0.2

18:2n6

15.8 ± 1.7

18:3n3

30.0 ± 0.7

18:4n3

1.9 ± 0.1

20:5n3

0.1 ± 0.2

Total lipidsa

23 ± 0.8

Saponifiable lipidsa

9.1 ± 0.3

  1. Determined with gas chromatography after chloroform:methanol (2:1 vol/vol) extraction of freeze-dried biomass. Results from three independent cultivations
  2. aIn percentage of biomass dry weight