Lipids of the thermophilic alga Cyanidium caldarium

Raphael Ikan*, Joseph Seckbach

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A series of fatty acids (C8-C20), both, saturated and unsaturated and sterols (C27-C29) were identified in the alga, Cyanidium caldarium, using chromatographic and spectroscopic methods. Some phylogenetic consequences of the results are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1077-1082
Number of pages6
JournalPhytochemistry
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1972

Keywords

  • Cyanidium caldarium
  • alga
  • algal phylogeny
  • fatty acids
  • sterols

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