Fatty acid profiles of the main lipid classes of green seaweeds from fish pond aquaculture.

The lipid composition of five species of green seaweeds (, , , , and ) grown in fish pond aquaculture systems was studied. In particular, the overall fatty acid (FA) profile and the FA profile of each main lipid class found in these seaweed species were thoroughly analyzed. It was found that every seaweed had a specific FA profile, whose specificities were rendered more obvious with the study of the FA profile per lipid class.