Abstract
Fatty acids ranging from 14:0 to 18:4 were found in eleven different species of green and blue-green algae. In general, the unsaturated C18 fatty acids predominate in all the species of green algae analyzed while with some exceptions the C16 saturated acids are predominant in the blue-green algae. By the nature of their as chromatographic patterns, there appears to be no direct correlation between the fatty acids and the hydrocarbons within the same species of algae. The fatty acids are distributed in a narrower molecular weight range (C14C18) than the hydrocarbons (C15C33) and do not show any significant qualitative variations between species. All assignments of structural identities are supported by gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric data.
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