Distribution of an amino acid-containing phospholipid in brown algae

The phospholipid composition of 30 species of brown algae belonging to eight different orders has been analysed by TLC. A new amino acid-containing phospholipid was detected in members of the orders, Ectocarpales, Chordariales, Dictyotales, Desmarestiales, Scytosiphonales, Laminariales and Fucales. The occurrence of this new amino acid-containing phospholipid has chemotaxonomic value for brown algae.