Table 1. The number of lipid molecular species and relative percentage of each lipid class in Skipjack tuna

Lipid classes Number of species Relative percentage (%)
PC 53 (40 PC & 13 EtherPC) 16.02
LPC 38 (24 LPC & 14 EtherLPC ) 16.29
PE 37 (32 PE & 5 EtherPE ) 16.38
LPE 24 (15 LPE & 9 EtherLPE) 17.44
PI 8 (7 PI & 1 EtherPI) 2.53
PG 5 4.48
LPA 4 0.12
LPG 2 0.26
PA 1 0.02
DLCL 9 0.48
MLCL 3 0.05
LNAPE 1 0.03
Total PLs 185 74.10
SM 22 3.13
Cer 19 7.99
SHexCer 5 0.14
CerP 3 0.43
ST 3 0.61
Total SLs 52 12.30
DG 39 (6 DG & 33 EtherDG) 13.43
TG 23 (21 TG & 2 EtherTG) 0.17
Total GLs 62 13.60
LPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; LPE, lysophosphatidyl ethanolamine; PI, phosphatidyl inositol; LPG, lysophosphatidylglycerol, DLCL, dilysocardiolipin; MLCL, lysocardiolipin; LNAPE, N-acyl-lysophosphatidylethanolamine; PL, phospholipids; SHexCer, sulfatides hexosyl ceramide.