Research Article

Ethanol Extract of Sargassum siliquastrum Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Nitric Oxide Generation by Downregulating the Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Signaling Pathway

Table 2

Fatty acid contents in the SS extract.

Fatty acidsAmount (mg/100 g of SS extract)

Myristic acid (C14 : 0)5.93
Pentadecylic acid (C15 : 0)0.60
Palmitic acid (C16 : 0)70.92
Margaric acid (C17 : 0)0.87
Stearic acid (C18 : 0)2.96
Behenic acid (C22 : 0)2.09
Tricosanoic acid (C23 : 0)52.77
Lignoceric acid (C24 : 0)1.03
Total saturated fatty acids137.17
Palmitoleic acid (C16 : 1)6.07
Oleic acid (C18 : 1n9c)18.93
Cis-11-eicosenoic acid (C20 : 1n9)0.46
Erucic acid (C22 : 1n9)0.43
Total monounsaturated fatty acids25.89
Linoleic acid (C18 : 2n6c)13.36
g-Linoleic acid (C18 : 3n6)0.71
a-Linoleic acid (C18 : 3n3)20.91
Cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid (C20 : 3n6)2.38
Cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid (C20 : 3n3)0.61
Arachidonic acid (C20 : 4n6)0.40
Cis-13,16-docosadienoic acid (C22 : 2)2.28
Cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid (C20 : 5n3)19.95
Cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid (C22 : 6n3)0.51
Total polyunsaturated fatty acids61.10
Total fatty acids224.17