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

Botanical Studies

Table 4 Fatty acid composition of galactolipids, neutral lipids and phospholipids in leaves 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	C20:0	Unsaturation
MGDG	0	4.5b		2.0a	7.5a	15.6a	70.4a		93.5
	50	7.3a		2.6a	9.9a	15.4a	64.8b		90.1
	150	6.8a		2.8a	8.9a	12.4a	69.1b		93.4
DGDG	0	31.3b		4.4a	3.1a	10.8a	50.4a		64.3
	50	30.1b		6.6a	2.7a	6.7b	53.9a		63.3
	150	40.1a		5.6a	2.8a	8.5b	43.0b		54.3
PC	0	25.6b		7.8b	35.1a	18b	13.5a		66.6
	50	37.7a		14.7a	21.2b	17.2b	9.2b		47.6
	150	38.9a		14a	16.6b	22.5a	8b		47.1
PG	0	44.1b	14.9b	2.3b	14.1a	17.2a	7.4a		53.6
	50	56.0a	19.9ab	2.9b	8.4b	8.5b	4.2b		41
	150	44.3b	23.1a	6.7a	8.6b	11.7b	5.6b		49
LN	0	27.9b	8.1a	2.8a	8.3a	6.3b	3.2b	43.4a	25.9
	50	30.9a	8.5a	3.2a	7.1a	5.5b	6.3a	38.5b	27.4
	150	29.9a	6.7a	3.7a	6.7a	9.9a	6.1a	37.0b	29.4

Means with different letters in each column indicate a significant difference at P <0.05 using Duncan multiple range test.