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LIPID COMPOSITION OF THE BROWN ALGA FUCUS VESICULOSUS 1, 2
Author(s) -
Alam Maktoob,
Chakravarti Ashima,
Ikawa Miyoshi
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1971.tb01515.x
Subject(s) - fucus vesiculosus , phosphatidylethanolamine , phosphatidylglycerol , biology , xanthophyll , glycolipid , sterol , phosphatidylcholine , algae , botany , brown algae , phospholipid , biochemistry , carotenoid , cholesterol , membrane
SUMMARY The lipids of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus consist of approximately 3.6% hydrocarbons (including carotenes) and sterol esters, 11.8% triglycerides, 4.2% free fatty acids, 10.6% sterols, 15.1% chlorophylls and xanthophylls, 29.9% glycolipids, and 6.5% phospholipids. Diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, and phosphatidylinositol appear to be present and phosphatidylcholine is absent.