title: Studies on the fatty acids of Dictyota species from Pakistan.
abstract: An analysis of the fatty acids extracted from three brown algae Dictyota dichotoma (Huds.) Lamour., D. hauckiana Nizam. and D. indica Sond. is reported. Altogether twelve saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were identified as methyl esters by GC-MS, out of which pentadecylic, palmitic and margaric acids occur in all the three species, while others are of selective distribution. D. indica slightly differed in its fatty acid composition as compared to other species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shameel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usmanghani
authors.forename: V U
authors.initials: VU
authors.lastname: Ahmad