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Table 2 Fatty acid composition as a percentage of total fatty acids of thirty species of duckweed and total fatty acid as a percent of dry weight

From: Survey of the total fatty acid and triacylglycerol composition and content of 30 duckweed species and cloning of a Δ6-desaturase responsible for the production of γ-linolenic and stearidonic acids in Lemna gibba

Species

Fatty acids (% of total)

Total FA /Dry Weight

14:0

16:0

16:1

18:0

18:1

18:2

18:3 (GLA)

18:3 (ALA)

18:4

20:0

22:0

Landoltia punctata

0.3 ± 0.11

24.88 ± 0.3

1.59 ± 0.2

6.57 ± 5.7

0.9 ± 0.4

5.77 ± 1.4

n.d.2

60 ± 8.7

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

7.8 ± 0.6

Lemna aequinoctialis

0.6 ± 0.1

26.95 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.1

5.51 ± 1.8

1.2 ± 0.2

18.44 ± 0.9

n.d.

45.99 ± 2.0

n.d.

0.3 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.4

9.3 ± 1.9

Lemna disperma

0.7 ± 0.1

22.1 ± 0.4

2.1 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.3

2.3 ± 0.5

12.7 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.2

48.9 ± 0.9

7.5 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.0

11.4 ± 0.9

Lemna gibba

0.7 ± 0.2

21.51 ± 0.8

3.62 ± 0.3

3.12 ± 0.8

2.11 ± 0.3

11.06 ± 0.7

1.81 ± 0.2

47.14 ± 0.3

7.74 ± 0.4

0.7 ± 0.0

0.5 ± 0.2

11.2 ± 1.2

Lemna japonica

1.1 ± 0.1

18.86 ± 0.2

2.11 ± 0.0

1.5 ± 0.1

2.21 ± 0.0

21.16 ± 0.1

4.51 ± 0.1

40.62 ± 0.0

6.92 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.1

8.0 ± 0.5

Lemna minor

0.55 ± 0.0

21.74 ± 0.5

2.76 ± 0.0

2.1 ± 0.4

1.77 ± 0.1

15.89 ± 0.3

n.d.

54.42 ± 0.7

n.d.

0.33 ± 0.0

0.44 ± 0.1

10.6 ± 0.8

Lemna minuta

0.7 ± 0.1

19.32 ± 0.2

1.8 ± 0.0

1.5 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

15.12 ± 0.3

n.d.

59.06 ± 0.3

n.d.

0.1 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.0

7.7 ± 0.1

Lemna obscura

0.7 ± 0.1

20.74 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.1

15.03 ± 0.2

1.8 ± 0.1

49.2 ± 0.3

5.61 ± 0.2

0.5 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.0

7.5 ± 1.3

Lemna perpusilla

0.9 ± 0.1

22.47 ± 0.6

1.2.0.1

2.61 ± 0.5

3.01 ± 0.2

19.56 ± 0.9

n.d.

48.95 ± 2.5

n.d.

0.5 ± 0.0

0.8 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 0.7

Lemna tenera

0.7 ± 0.1

28.06 ± 1.3

1 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.0

2.51 ± 0.1

17.23 ± 0.2

n.d.

48.4 ± 1.5

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

6.7 ± 0.6

Lemna triscula

1.1 ± 0.1

19.74 ± 0.4

2 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.0

23.85 ± 0.7

2.3 ± 0.1

43.29 ± 0.1

2.81 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.0

5.9 ± 0.0

Lemna turionefera

1.11 ± 0.1

18.45 ± 0.0

2.22 ± 0.1

1.41 ± 0.1

1.71 ± 0.0

18.75 ± 0.1

3.02 ± 0.5

46.07 ± 0.7

6.35 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.0

0.6 ± 0.1

8.3 ± 0.1

Lemna valdiviana

0.7 ± 0.0

18.4 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.1

15.8 ± 0.0

0.7 ± 0.4

58.8 ± 0.7

n.d.

0.1 ± 0.0

0.2 ± 0.1

8.0 ± 0.9

Spirodela intermedia

0.1 ± 0.0

32.83 ± 5.1

2.2 ± 0.2

3.8 ± 0.7

2.9 ± 0.1

5.21 ± 0.3

n.d.

51.85 ± 5.4

n.d.

0.4 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.2

8.4 ± 0.9

Spirodela polyrhiza

0.1 ± 0.1

24.44 ± 0.9

1.92 ± 0.5

4.04 ± 3.7

0.2 ± 0.0

4.95 ± 1.5

n.d.

64.04 ± 4.9

n.d.

0.1 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.0

7.5 ± 0.2

Wolffia angusta

0.6 ± 0.0

24.82 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.1

3.7 ± 0.9

3.2 ± 0.1

18.62 ± 0.3

n.d.

47.25 ± 0.8

n.d.

1 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.1

8.0 ± 0.9

Wolffia arrhiza

0.7 ± 0.4

23.94 ± 2.5

0.8 ± 0.3

2.21 ± 0.2

1.41 ± 0.3

24.45 ± 0.7

n.d.

45.27 ± 3.8

n.d.

0.7 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.1

8.9 ± 0.5

Wolffia australiana

0.4 ± 0.2

24.22 ± 5.8

2 ± 0.6

2 ± 0.8

1.9 ± 0.5

17.82 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.6

38.24 ± 5.5

10.11 ± 2.8

0.5 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.5

10.0 ± 0.4

Wolffia borealis

0.6 ± 0.2

27.67 ± 1.2

0.9 ± 0.4

7.39 ± 0.9

2.7 ± 1.1

25.47 ± 1.3

n.d.

34.17 ± 2.4

n.d.

1.1 ± 0.3

n.d.

14.2 ± 1.0

Wolffia brasiliensis

0.4 ± 0.0

29.55 ± 2.2

1.89 ± 0.0

3.98 ± 0.1

1.99 ± 0.3

18.91 ± 0.1

n.d.

40.3 ± 1.0

n.d.

1.29 ± 0.2

1.69 ± 0.0

5.6 ± 0.5

Wolffia cylindracea

0.3 ± 0.1

27.15 ± 1.1

1.8 ± 0.4

4.49 ± 1.7

1.1 ± 0.3

19.56 ± 0.2

n.d.

43.11 ± 2.1

2.1 ± 0.1

n.d.

0.4 ± 0.3

6.7 ± 0.4

Wolffia globosa

0.7 ± 0.1

30.36 ± 0.9

n.d.

2.91 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.2

14.03 ± 0.8

n.d.

49.2 ± 0.8

n.d.

0.7 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.4

11.1 ± 1.0

Wolffia neglecta

0.6 ± 0.1

24.53 ± 1.1

0.8 ± 0.3

5.38 ± 0.1

2.89 ± 0.7

24.13 ± 0.9

n.d.

39.98 ± 1.0

n.d.

0.9 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.6

12.5 ± 0.8

Wolffiella caudata

0.6 ± 0.0

22.65 ± 0.7

0.4 ± 0.0

1.8 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.1

24.95 ± 0.4

n.d.

46.11 ± 1.2

n.d.

0.6 ± 0.1

1 ± 0.0

7.0 ± 0.4

Wolffiella hyalina

0.3 ± 0.0

17.17 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.0

2.2 ± 0.3

3.49 ± 0.1

20.66 ± 0.2

n.d.

51.9 ± 0.9

n.d.

0.8 ± 0.1

2 ± 0.1

10.3 ± 1.2

Wolffiella lingulata

0.8 ± 0.1

36.34 ± 4.3

n.d.

7.41 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 0.2

15.82 ± 2.2

n.d.

38.34 ± 2.8

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

5.7 ± 0.3

Wolffiella neotropica

0.6 ± 0.1

27.01 ± 1.6

0.2 ± 0.0

3.92 ± 0.6

0.6 ± 0.1

4.82 ± 0.6

n.d.

61.24 ± 1.9

n.d.

0.4 ± 0.0

1.2 ± 0.1

7.1 ± 0.3

Wolffiella oblonga

0.8 ± 0.0

30.16 ± 1.0

0.4 ± 0.0

3.91 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.0

11.62 ± 0.8

n.d.

47.09 ± 1.5

n.d.

1.1 ± 0.1

3.61 ± 0.1

10.0 ± 1.4

Wolffiella repanda

0.5 ± 0.1

25.45 ± 0.7

1 ± 0.2

2.51 ± 0.6

1.5 ± 0.8

16.03 ± 2.4

n.d.

51.3 ± 0.8

n.d.

0.3 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.2

7.6 ± 0.5

Wolffiella welwitschii

0.5 ± 0.1

26.65 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.2

2 ± 0.4

1.2 ± 0.9

17.84 ± 0.5

n.d.

49.1 ± 1.5

n.d.

0.6 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.2

4.6 ± 0.7

  1. 1Values represent means ± standard deviation of three or more independent samples. 2n.d. indicates none detected.