Lipid profile of the halophilic alga, Dunaliella salina

The lipid composition comprised more than 50% of the cellular organic material. Greater than 30% of the total lipid composition consisted of hydrocarbons. The aliphatic hydrocarbons consisted of C-17 and C-19 saturated and unsaturated ones, some of them with an internal methyl branch. The remaining lipids consisted of a large quantity of pigmented hydrocarbons together with at least six sterol derivatives, six phospholipids, two glycolipids, one sulfolipid and numerous other components that were not fully identified. This wall-less alga is an immensely rich source of a wide variety of lipids.