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The effect of dietary sterculic acid on the hepatic lipids of rainbow trout
Author(s) -
Roehm J. N.,
Lee D. J.,
Wales J. H.,
Polityka S. D.,
Sinnhuber R. O.
Publication year - 1970
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/bf02531099
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , stearic acid , oleic acid , fatty acid , chemistry , medicine , zoology , biology , composition (language) , endocrinology , biochemistry , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry
Abstract Groups of young rainbow trout (5 g) were fed a basal diet containing 9% salmon oil and 1% tristearin with 0, 100 or 200 ppm methyl sterculate. Liver lipids were separated into polar and nonpolar fractions and the fatty acids quantitatively analyzed. Significant elevations of the stearic‐oleic and the palmiticpalmitoleic ratios were found in liver fatty acid composition 10 days after the feeding trial began. Liver triglycerides of fish fed methyl sterculate for 87 days contained only 2–3% docosahexenoic acid as compared to 10.69% in control trout, suggesting an effect on the biosynthesis of long chain polyunsaturates. Dietary cyclopropenoid fatty acids (CPFA) suppressed growth rate during the first part of the 200 day feeding trial. After 90 days no differences in the rate of weight gain were observed between the control and CPFA groups. A seven day feeding trial with 0, 5, 20, 50 and 100 ppm CPFA resulted in a maximum change in the stearic‐oleic ratio at 50 and 100 ppm levels. All levels of CPFA increased this ratio and caused marked alterations in the cellular morphology of the liver.