Isolation of heneicosa-1,6,9,12,15,18-hexaene and -1,6,9,12,15-pentaene from the alga Fucus vesiculosus

1 January 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 9,p. 448-449
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29710000448

Abstract

The non-saponifiable lipid fraction from the marine brown alga Fucus vesiculosus has been shown to contain two new polyolefins, heneicosa-1,6,9,12,15-pentaene and -1,6,9,12,15,18-hexaene as well as n-alkan-1-ols, n-paraffins, squalene, and β-carotene.