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Unusually high levels of eicosatetraenoic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic fatty acids in palestinian freshwater sponges
Author(s) -
Dembitsky Valery M.,
Rezanka Tomas
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02523836
Subject(s) - docosahexaenoic acid , eicosapentaenoic acid , polyunsaturated fatty acid , clinical chemistry , lipidology , chemistry , fatty acid , biochemistry , biology , food science
The fatty acid composition of three freshwater sponges— Ephydatia syriaca, Nudospongilla sp., and Cortispongilla barroisi —were studied. Twenty principal fatty acids, and unusually high levels of eicosatetraenoic (5,8,11,14–20:4 up to 10.1% of the total acid mixture), eicosapentaenoic (5,8,11,14,17–20:5 up to 11.6%), and docosahexaenoic acids (4,7,10,13,16,19–22:6 up to 11.8%) were detected. The only demospongic acid found was 5,9,17‐hexacosatrienoic acid (1.8–3.7%).