Research Article

Effect of Phytohormone Kinetin on Cell Density, Photosynthetic Pigments, Antioxidant Enzymes, and Fatty Acid Composition of the Microalgae Tetraselmis suecica

Table 2

Profile of fatty acids microalgae T. suecica in the presence of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 mg/L of phytohormone Kinetin during the experiment time (10 days, mean ± SD).

Fatty acidsTreatments
Control (0 mg/L)5 mg/L10 mg/L15 mg/L20 mg/L25 mg/L

C14 : 00.57 ± 0.250.70 ± 0.150.47 ± 0.160.71 ± 0.190.42 ± 0.130.48 ± 0.04
C16 : 020.25 ± 1.9723.80 ± 0.7422.62 ± 3.6321.91 ± 1.7121.15 ± 3.8122.20 ± 0.97
C16 : 1n72.70 ± 0.091.99 ± 0.662.19 ± 0.272.68 ± 0.372.90 ± 0.002.80 ± 0.11
C18 : 00.51 ± 0.160.56 ± 0.050.54 ± 0.150.54 ± 0.090.47 ± 0.050.40 ± 0.06
C18 : 1n95.04 ± 0.32b7.29 ± 0.13a7.14 ± 1.52a6.09 ± 0.56ab5.72 ± 0.96b6.55 ± 0.50ab
C18 : 1n73.49 ± 0.183.65 ± 0.393.75 ± 0.703.15 ± 0.274.01 ± 1.093.78 ± 0.07
C18 : 2n621.32 ± 2.8317.71 ± 1.0419.52 ± 0.7417.10 ± 1.5618.75 ± 0.5018.21 ± 0.39
C18 : 3n316.84 ± 1.78ab14.97 ± 1.56b13.47 ± 2.64b16.20 ± 0.86ab17.62 ± 1.80a18.24 ± 0.57a
C20 : 1n90.40 ± 0.070.38 ± 0.000.52 ± 0.140.35 ± 0.070.47 ± 0.200.39 ± 0.07
C20 : 2n60.37 ± 0.200.55 ± 0.330.35 ± 0.050.32 ± 0.040.60 ± 0.570.20 ± 0.07
C20 : 4n62.87 ± 0.51ab3.50 ± 0.31a3.68 ± 0.85a2.36 ± 0.44b2.27 ± 0.24b2.29 ± 0.11b
C20 : 5n32.92 ± 0.28ab3.77 ± 0.14a3.41 ± 0.15a3.16 ± 0.60a2.03 ± 1.12b3.02 ± 0.11ab
C24 : 00.51 ± 0.360.81 ± 1.001.43 ± 0.871.43 ± 1.000.29 ± 0.050.74 ± 0.70

a,b,abDifferent letters on the each row indicate significant differences by Tukey’s test ().