ISSN:
1745-4522
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Five species of carp important in the diet of many of the people of India were examined for principal lipids and in particular for the highly unsaturated fatty acids with potential biomedical benefits. Muscle lipid was about 1% in four species but 2.5% in muscle of Labio bata. The livers however had lipid contents in the 5–10% range. The principle lipid classes were separated and the fatty acids were determined by open-tubular (capillary) gas-liquid chromatography; forty-seven fatty acids were quantified. Saturated fatty acids were approximately 40–50% of total fatty acids in muscle lipids and monoethylenic fatty acids were 24–39%. Functionally important fatty acids of triacylglycerols in the muscle of all species included about 5% each of 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-3. The longer chain lengths 20:4n-6, 20:5n-3, and especially 22:6n-3, were found mostly in the polar lipids
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4522.2002.tb00214.x
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