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Phytyl esters in a marine dinoflagellate
Author(s) -
Withers Nancy W.,
Nevenzel Judd C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533324
Subject(s) - dinoflagellate , phytol , wax , polyunsaturated fatty acid , chemistry , botany , biology , degree of unsaturation , biochemistry , organic chemistry , fatty acid
The first naturally occurring phytyl esters from a marine alga were isolated from a dinoflagellate, Peridinium foliaceum (Stein) Biecheler, cultured photosynthetically and harvested at stationary phase of growth. At this stage, phytyl esters were the major wax esters present, constituting 5% of the total lipid, and may be present largely in the “eyespot” structure. The fatty acids esterified to the phytol were predominantly polyunsaturated: 16∶3 n−3 (15%), 18∶5 n−3 (6%), 20∶5 n−3 (36%), and 22∶6 n−3 (17%).