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The composition of lipids and fatty acids from the red alga Gracilaria verrucosa, for which a high content of 20:4n-6 acid is typical, was studied. The principal lipids were digalactosyldiacylglycerides, phosphatidylcholines (PC), monogalactosyldiacylglyderides (MGDG), and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerides, the fraction of each was approximately the same. Sphingophospholipids, inositephosphoceramides, were identified among the polar lipids. Each lipid class differed in the ratio of fatty acids (FA). The FA of all glycerolipids contained 20:4n-6 acid but its concentration was greatest in MGDG and PC, 67.2% and 56.5% of the acid mass.
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Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 230–232, May–June, 2005.
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Khotimchenko, S.V. Lipids from the Marine Alga Gracilaria verrucosa . Chem Nat Compd 41, 285–288 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-005-0130-y
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