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Analysis of Fatty Acid Content and Composition in Microalgae
Published on: October 1, 2013
Phenolic compound and fatty acid properties of some microalgae species isolated from Erbil City
S S Anwer1,2, K H Sdiq3, K R Muhammad1,4
1Hawler Medical University, College of Health Sciences, Clinical Biochemistry Department, Erbil, KRG, Iraq.
Abstract:
The total phenolic compound and fatty acid profiles of lipids from microalgae are unique. The present study was designed to investigate aqueous, ethanolic and acetone extracts of several algae (Spirogyra sp., Spirulina sp.,Chlorella sp and Chara sp.) for their antioxidant capacities of the crude extracts and fractions by radical scavenging activity against the stable radical 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl DPPH as well; total phenolic content. The results showed that Spirulina sp. indicated significantly higher total phenolic compound and antioxidant activities compared to the other species (P < 0.05) and acetone extracts showed higher quantity among three extracts. The fatty acids analysis using High performance liquid chromatography -HPLC showed the presence of palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, and linoleic acid, palmitic acid showed high quantity than other fatty acid classes in all studied algae. This study concluded that high antioxidant capacity of microalgae could be inspected for different industrial applications.
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