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Table 3 Vitamin E content in microalgae

From: Challenging microalgal vitamins for human health

Phylum/class

Genus

Vitamin E

Refs

Cyanobacteria

Anabaena

4

[72]

Aphanizomenon

0.10–0.14

[84]

Arthrospira

0.11–2.50

[73, 84]

Oscillatoria

0.09–0.10

[84]

Synechococcus

1.40

[73]

Synechocystis

0.17

[84]

Chlorophyta

Asterochloris

0.09

[84]

Botrydiopsis

0.06–0.17

[84]

Botryococcus

0.16–0.26

[84]

Bracteacoccus

0.17

[84]

Chlamydomonas

0.34–4

[72, 84]

Chlorella

0.01–2

[72, 74, 84,85,86]

Chlorellidium

0.69

[84]

Chloridella

0.04

[84]

Chlorococcum

0.79

[84]

Chloroidium

0.32

[84]

Chloromonas

0.41–0.7

[84]

Chorycystis

0.26

[84]

Chromochloris

0.18

[84]

Coccomyxa

0.66

[84]

Coelastrella

0.42–0.51

[84]

Coelastrum

0.07

[84]

Coenochloris

0.74

[84]

Coenocystis

0.36

[84]

Coleochlamys

0.37

[84]

Desmodesmus

0.19–0.39

[84, 85]

Dunaliella

0.12–1.9

[74, 76, 85, 87]

Edaphochlorella

0.24

[84]

Enallax

0.02

[84]

Fottea

0.48

[84]

Geminella

0.01–0.08

[84]

Haematococcus

0.27–0.88

[84]

Heterochlorella

0.01

[84]

Interfilum

0.05

[84]

Klebsormidium

0.06–0.09

[84]

Lobosphaeropsis

0.10

[84]

Monodopsis

0.46

[84]

Monodus

0.32–0.5

[84]

Muriella

0.62

[84]

Neocystis

0.38

[84]

Neospongiococcum

0.06

[84]

Pabia

0.36

[84]

Pectinodesmus

0.03

[84]

Pseudobumilleriopsis

0.18

[84]

Pseudochlorella

0.05–0.15

[84]

Pseudomuriella

0.24

[84]

Scenedesmus

0.08–1

[72, 84]

Scotiellopsis

0.44

[84]

Stichococcus

0.13–0.44

[84]

Tetradesmus

0.05–0.13

[84]

Tetraedron

0.12–0.22

[73, 74, 77, 84, 87, 88]

Tetraselmis

0.04–6.32

[78]

Trebouxia

0.07–0.14

[84]

Trentepohlia

0.28

[84]

Rhodophyta

Porphyridium

0.02–1.30

[73, 84]

Rhodella

0.03–0.07

[84]

Bacillariophyceae

Chaetoceros

0.89–1.63

[73, 78]

Phaeodactylum

0.01

[85]

Skeletonema

0.11

[78]

Haptophyta

Diacronema

0.40

[89]

Isochrysis

0.06–0.12

[74, 78]

Pavlova

0.14–0.35

[78]

Eustigmatophyceae

Microchloropsis

0.23–0.67

[84]

Nannochloropsis

0.02–4.72

[73, 77, 84, 85, 88, 90]

Xanthophyceae

Heterococcus

0.09–0.22

[84]

Xanthonema

0.16–0.39

[84]

Vischeria

0.04–0.05

[84]

Euglenozoa

Euglena

0.28–1.2

[79, 91]

  1. Values are expressed as mg/g DW of α-tocopherol