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Table 2 Ratios of n-6: n-3 fatty acids in various seaweed species, as reported in earlier studies.

From: Polyunsaturated fatty acids in various macroalgal species from north Atlantic and tropical seas

Seaweed species

Ratio n-6: n-3

Reference

Porphyra sp.

1.32

[35]

Saccorhiza polyschides

0.71

[24]

Himanthalia elongata

0.81-1.32

 

Laminaria ochroleuca

0.83

 

Undaria pinnatifida

0.49

 

Palmaria sp.

0.13

 

Porphyra sp.

1.21

 

Nereocystis luetkeana

0.68

[36]

Porphyra perforata

0.46

 

Fucus distichus

1.38

 

Fucus sp.

1.49

 

Pterigophora sp.

0.40

 

Ulva fenestra

0.11

 

Porphyra sp. from Japan, Korea

0.6

[37]

Porphyra sp. from China

1.8

 

Undaria pinnatifida

0.5

 

Laminaria sp.

1.3

 

Hizikia fusiforme

0.3

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