STUDIES ON THE LIPID OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS (PART 2)

The patterns of fatty acid composition of lipid extracted from eight species of edible marine benthic algae; i. e. two species of green, five of brown and one of red algae, were investigated quantitatively by using gas liquid chromatography. The total lipid contents in average of the algae were in the green algae, in brown algae and in red algae respectively. Upon analyzing fatty acid composition, green algae contained the highest proportion of acid and comparatively higher content of acids than the other algae. In brown angae, acid content was highest, but not more than that of green algae, and acids were higher than other acids while the content of acid was very low. Red algae showed low content of acids, but the content of acid was high as a major component. In regard to the composing patterns of carbon number of fatty acid of algae; i. e. and acids, the green algae contained and acids, the brown algae and acids, and the red algae , and acids as the major component.