Algae oil (409 mg) was dissolved in 15 mL ethanol in a 25 mL round bottom flask. Palladium on carbon (20 mg, 10 wt.% Pd) was added, the flask sealed with a septum and sparged with hydrogen gas for 20 minutes. The mixture was left to react at room temperature with magnetic stirring for 3 days under an atmosphere of hydrogen (1 atm, balloon). The mixture was then filtered over celite (SiO2) under vacuum to remove the catalyst and dried to isolate the oil. The average yield of isolated hydrogenated oil from three trials was 261 mg (72% yield).