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Arsenic‐Containing Long‐Chain Fatty Acids in Cod‐Liver Oil: A Result of Biosynthetic Infidelity?
Author(s) -
Rumpler Alice,
Edmonds John S.,
Katsu Mariko,
Jensen Kenneth B.,
Goessler Walter,
Raber Georg,
Gunnlaugsdottir Helga,
Francesconi Kevin A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200705405
Subject(s) - cod liver oil , chemistry , arsenic , biochemistry , long chain , chromatography , food science , fatty acid , organic chemistry , polymer science
A bit fishy : Six arsenolipids have been isolated from cod‐liver oil and identified by HPLC and mass spectrometry as a series of arsenic‐containing long‐chain fatty acids (for example, see picture). These fatty acids account for about 20 % of the total arsenolipid content of cod‐liver oil.
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