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The very long chain fatty acids of the green alga, Chlorella kessleri
Author(s) -
Řezanka Tomáš,
Podojil Miloslav
Publication year - 1984
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/bf02537412
Subject(s) - chlorella , chemistry , chlorophyta , fatty acid , algae , chromatography , carbon chain , high performance liquid chromatography , carbon fibers , gas chromatography , mass spectrometry , long chain , organic chemistry , botany , biology , materials science , polymer science , composite number , composite material
Fatty acids of the fresh‐water green alga, Chlorella kessleri (heterotrophically cultivated), were fractionated (as methyl esters) using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). A fraction of fatty acids with chain lengths longer than 28 carbon atoms was analyzed by gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS). The very long chain fatty acids, ranging from 31 to 36 carbon atoms, were found for the first time in a green alga.