Research Article

Fatty Acid Profiles of Stipe and Blade from the Norwegian Brown Macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea with Special Reference to Acyl Glycerides, Polar Lipids, and Free Fatty Acids

Table 2

Sum of SFAs, MUFAs, and PUFAs, as well as n-6 and n-3 in L. hyperborea given in µg/g DW, (, two injection parallels for each sample replicate).

StipeBlade
NLFFAPLNLFFAPL

SFA282.62 ± 5.04128.26 ± 3.10556.30 ± 10.021286.26 ± 18.12440.89 ± 12.01751.31 ± 6.15
MUFA313.71 ± 6.0165.72 ± 0.40482.21 ± 10.121409.90 ± 29.37313.60 ± 5.47674.05 ± 12.35
PUFA504.81 ± 11.1425.63 ± 0.41206.27 ± 1.181346.68 ± 11.22278.53 ± 2.12910.63 ± 4.22

Total1101.14219.511244.774042.451033.022334.99
n-3100.92 ± 3.114.75 ± 0.0758.02 ± 0.91590.62± 10.14178.58 ± 2.23645.52 ± 4.34
n-6402.10 ± 11.0120.65 ± 0.40145.44 ± 1.09745.24 ± 11.3697.53 ± 2.18256.51 ± 1.11
n-6/n-33.974.352.511.260.540.40
PUFA/SFA1.790.200.371.050.631.21

The standard deviations are the highest standard deviation among the summarized values. NL, neutral lipid; FFA, free fatty acid; PL, polar lipid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.