Research Article

Evaluation of Culture Conditions to Obtain Fatty Acids from Saline Microalgae Species: Dunaliella salina, Sinecosyfis sp., and Chroomonas sp.

Table 1

Values (%) of EPA and DHA fatty acid contents with relations to total lipids in some microalgae [16].

Microalgae% of EPA and DHA productionReference

Nannochloropsis salina~28 EPA[17]
Thraustochytrium sp.45.1 EPA + DHA[18]
Dunaliella salina21.4 EPA[19]
Pavlova viridis36.0 EPA + DHA[20]
Isochrysis galbana~28.0 EPA + DHA[21]