Methoxy fatty acids isolated from the red alga, Schizymenia dubyi

• Published in: Phytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 761 - 765
• Main Authors: Barnathan, G, Bourgougnon, N, Kornprobst, JM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: OXFORD Elsevier 01.03.1998
• Subjects: Algae; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical constitution; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Marine; Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution; Plant physiology and development; Plant Sciences; Rhodophyta; Schizymenia dubyi; Science & Technology; Thallophyta; Sicily; Italy; Europe; MED, Italy, Sicily; hydroxy fatty acids; MARINE ORGANISMS; red alga; fatty acids; RHODOPHYTA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STYLOCHEILAMIDE; Gigartinales; SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDE; Schizymenia dubyi; MALYNGAMIDES; methoxy fatty acids; CYANOBACTERIUM LYNGBYA-MAJUSCULA; SPONGES; LIPIDS; Molecular structure; Algae; Lipids; Chemical composition; Mediterranean region; Fatty acids; Thallophyta
• ISSN: 0031-9422; 1873-3700
• DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00680-8

We investigated the fatty acid composition of the total lipids from the red alga Schizymenia dubyi (Gigartinales, Gymnophlaeaceae) harvested in Sicily. Twenty-four fatty acids were identified as methyl esters, including C-14-C-28 saturated acids (77% of total acid mixture) and three hydroxylated acids. Four novel midchain methoxylated fatty acids (16% of total acid mixture) were identified by GC-mass spectrometry;as 9-methoxypentadecanoic, 9-methoxyheptadecanoic, 13-methoxyheneicosanoic and 15-methoxytricosanoic acids. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.