Bioengineered Plants Can Be a Useful Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Table 4

EPA or/and DHA content of selected microalgal strains.

	Species	Reference
EPA content (g/100 g of FAs)
29	Chlorella minutissima	[73]
26.7	Nannochloropsis sp.	[74, 75]
23.4	Nannochloropsis oceanica	[76]
~28	Nannochloropsis salina	[77]
23.13	Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus	[78]
21.4	Dunaliella salina	[79]
DHA content (g/100 g of FAs)
41	Crypthecodinium cohnii sp.	[80]
29.3	Ceratium horridum	[81]
EPA + DHA content (g/100 g of FAs)
36.5 + 23.6	Phaeodactylum tricornutum	[82]
41.5	Pavlova lutheri	[83]
~28.0	Isochrysis galbana	[83]