Extraction and Characterization of Organ Components of the Malaysian Sea Cucumber Holothuria leucospilota Yielded Bioactives Exhibiting Diverse Properties
Table 4
Quantitative profile of major FAMEs detected via GC-FID and measured in body wall (BW) solvent extracts of sea cucumber, H. leucospilota sampled from Malaysian peninsular.
Fatty acid name
No. of C-atoms
Tissue extract
(% of total extract)
EDBW
MDBW
PDBW
methyl octanoate
C8:0
1.64 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
methyl decanoate
C10:0
0.00 ± 0.00
0.43 ± 0.22
0.00 ± 0.00
methyl laurate
C12:0
10.41± 1.67
0.604 ± 0.09
0.00 ± 0.00
methyl tridecanoate
C13:0
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
methyl myristate
C14:0
4.04 ± 0.00
0.886 ± 0.00
10.71 ± 0.47
methyl pentadecanoate
C15:0
0.64 ± 0.00
0.048± 0.001
0.808± 0.02
methyl palmitate
C16:0
14.81 ± 0.66
44.86 ± 3.39
26.477± 0.62
methyl heptadecanoate
C17:0
0.379 ± 1.73
0.138 ± 0.01
0.885 ± 0.02
methyl stearate
C18:0
4.83 ± 0.41
9.516 ± 1.82
6.835 ± 0.22
methyl arachidate
C20:0
0.321 ± 0.00
1.314 ± 0.14
1.189 ± 0.08
methyl behenate
C22:0
0.00 ± 0.00
0.09 ± 0.04
0.33 ± 0.16
erucic acid methyl ester
C23:0
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
5.949 ± 0.30
Total Saturate d FA (total FA)
37.07
57.89
53.18
cis-9-oleic methyl ester
C18:1
45.0 ± 7.08
26.38 ± 3.28
22.29 ± 0.47
trans-9-elaidic methyl ester
C19:1
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
methyl eicosenoate
C20:1
0.20 ± 0.00
0.134 ± 0.01
1.71 ± 0.26
Total mono un saturate d FA ( total FA)
45.20
26.51
24.00
methyl linoleate
C18:2
14.79 ± 3.51
15.57 ± 1.63
11.107 ± 0.14
methyl linolenate
C18:3
0.40 ± 0.00
0.368 ± 0.02
0.566 ± 0.07
Total PUFA (total FA)
15.19
15.94
11.67
Values represent mean of 3 replicate determinations ± standard deviation. EDBW: ethanol/distilled water; MDBW: methanol/distilled water; PDBW: isopropanol/distilled water.
