Supplementary Table S3 Contents of linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic acid in macroalgae (expressed in means ± S.D, n=3)

S. No. / Macroalgae / C18:2 (n-6)
(μg g-1 FW) / C18:3 (n-3)
(μg g-1 FW) / C20:4 (n-6)
(μg g-1 FW)
1 / Ulva lactuca / 14.4 ±1.5 / 40.1 ±1.8 / 2.6 ±0.2
2 / Ulva taeniata / 13.8 ±2.4 / 36.2 ±14.7 / 2.8 ±1.0
3 / Ulva fasciata / 114.4 ±16.9 / 382.3 ±32.3 / 9.6 ±5.9
4 / Ulva beytensis / 4.6 ±3.9 / 47.4 ±6.7 / 2.2 ±1.1
5 / Ulva tubulosa / 20.1 ± 2.7 / 68.1 ±6.6 / 2.1 ±0.1
6 / Ulva linza / 311.2 ±33.4 / 1794.5 ±244.6 / 85.7 ±17.8
7 / Codium dwarkense / 16.0 ±4.0 / 19.4 ±6.2 / 5.4 ±0.7
8 / Codium sursum / 25.6 ±3.3 / 130.5 ±10.2 / 9.4 ±0.5
9 / Udotea indica / 14.2 ±8.3 / 37.4 ±25.3 / 2.5 ±2.2
10 / Chamaedoris auriculata / 59.5 ±4.4 / 63.9 ±7.0 / 39.5 ±5.6
11 / Valoniopsis pachynema / 16.2 ±2.1 / 11.5 ±6.8 / 8.0 ±6.6
12 / Chaetomorpha linum / 10.0 ±8.7 / 5.4 ±0.6 / 5.7 ±4.1
13 / Acrosiphonia orientalis / 22.1 ±5.7 / 14.8 ±10.5 / 8.6 ±9.3
14 / Padina tetrastomatica / 29.9 ±2.7 / n.d. / 33.0 ±6.6
15 / Padina gymnospora / 11.3 ±4.5 / n.d. / 15.7 ±3.4
16 / Dictyopteris deliculata / 54.1 ±8.8 / n.d. / 94.3 ±26.9
17 / Stoechospermum marginatum / 6.0 ±1.8 / n.d. / 12.6 ±7.2
18 / Sargassum tenerrimum / 19.9 ±4.6 / n.d. / 89.4 ±19.5
19 / Cystoseira indica / 15.0 ±5.6 / 6.9 ±4.1 / 56.9 ±19.5
20 / Scytosiphon lomentaria / 5.1 ±3.9 / n.d. / 7.6 ±5.2
21 / Gracilaria dura / 28.2 ±4. / n.d. / 33.7 ±5.7
22 / Gracilaria salicornia / 3.0 ±1.5 / n.d. / 12.0 ±1.8
23 / Gracilaria textorii / 12.5 ±8.0 / n.d. / 27.1 ±4.2
24 / Gracilaria fergusonii / 5.6 ±3.9 / n.d. / 48.6 ±2.4
25 / Gracilaria corticata / 4.8 ±0.7 / n.d. / 59.1 ±6.1
26 / Gracilaria corticata v. cylindrica / 1.5 ±0.8 / n.d. / 15.0 ±5.2
27 / Gracilaria corticata v. folifera / 1.7 ±1.9 / n.d. / 23.4 ±6.8
28 / Rhodymenia sonderi / 8.8 ±1.2 / n.d. / 74.1 ±9.5
29 / Coelarthrum muelleri / 2.0 ±0.2 / n.d. / 37.7 ±2.3
30 / Bortyocladia leptopoda / 11.2 ±3.4 / n.d. / 12.9 ±4.0
31 / Champia parvula / 19.8 ±2.1 / n.d. / 11.4 ±4.6
32 / Gelidiella acerosa / 3.6 ±1.9 / n.d. / 15.2 ±9.3
33 / Halymenia porphyraeformis / 5.5 ±2.6 / n.d. / 25.5 ±4.9
34 / Grateloupia indica / 4.5 ±0.6 / n.d. / 23.9 ±5.9
35 / Odonthalia veravalensis / 6.0 ±0.7 / n.d. / 32.0 ±5.9
36 / Acanthophora specifera / 13.8 ±6.8 / n.d. / 36.0 ±4.2
37 / Laurencia cruciata / 3.4 ±0.6 / n.d. / 18.3 ±0.4
38 / Polysiphonia ferulacea / 4.4 ±0.9 / n.d. / 1.8 ±0.4
39 / Scinia monoliformis / 15.2 ±7.1 / n.d. / 3.5 ±2.5
40 / Amphiroa anceps / 18.2 ±6.3 / n.d. / 21.1 ±2.2