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Table 4 Content of fucosterol in 70% EtOH extracts of 11 algal species

From: Comparison of fucosterol content in algae using high-performance liquid chromatography

Sample

Content of fucosterol

(mg g−1)

Agarum clathratum

78.70 ± 0.01a

Caulerpa okamurae

0.22 ± 0.02

Codium fragile

N.D.b

Desmarestia tabacoides

81.67 ± 0.07

Dictyopteris divaricata

Trace

Ecklonia cava

48.03 ± 0.14

Eisenia bicyclis

13.10 ± 0.07

Myagropsis myagroides

3.13 ± 0.01

Sargassum horneri

2.63 ± 0.02

Sargassum serratifolium

19.75 ± 0.04

Sporochnus radiciformis

21.13 ± 0.02

  1. aData are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3) in μg mL−1
  2. bNot detected