Effects of cadmium on lipids of almond seedlings (Prunus dulcis)

Botanical Studies

Table 3 Fatty acid composition of galactolipids, neutral lipids and phospholipids in roots of almond seedlings after exposure to two concentrations of cadmium

Acyl		Fatty acid composition (% of total)
Lipids	Treatment	C16:0	C16:1	C18:0	C18:1	C18:2	C18:3	Unsaturation
MGDG	0	22.8a	2.8b	8.5a	20.6a	31.6a	13. 7b	68.7
	50	21.5a	4.3a	5.4a	13.0b	27.2b	28.6a	73.1
	150	22.7a	6.3a	9.1a	11.7b	19.8c	30.4a	68.2
DGDG	0	26.4b	3.4b	11.5b	21.1a	31.6a	6.0b	62.1
	50	28.5b	3.9b	14.7a	13.8b	33.1a	6.0b	56.8
	150	31.1a	5.5a	13.9a	10.2b	27.3b	12.0a	55
PC	0	28.7b	1.7a	8.8b	9.1a	39.2a	12.4a	66.6
	50	33.6a	1.7a	7.9b	9.4a	33.6b	13.9a	47.6
	150	32.3a	1.1a	12.4a	7.1a	32.8b	14.3a	47.1
PG	0	67.3a	5.2a	7.6c	7.9c	9.2b	2.8a	53.6
	50	60.8b	5.6a	9.5b	10.8b	10.0a	3.3a	41.1
	150	59.4b	5.3a	13.7a	9.8a	8.7c	3.1a	49.0
LN	0	35.5a	7.6a	6.6c	22.4a	24.0b	3.9b	57.9
	50	28.2b	8.6a	9.2b	18.3b	28.4a	7.2a	62.5
	150	26.8b	9.3a	11.5a	19.4b	27.3a	5.7a	61.7

Means with different letters for each lipid class indicate a significant difference at P <0.05 using Duncan multiple range test.