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Occurrence of plant sterols in aquatic vertebrates
Author(s) -
Takagi Toru,
Sakai Akira,
Hayashi Kenji,
Itabashi Yutaka
Publication year - 1979
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/bf02533558
Subject(s) - sardine , campesterol , biology , sterol , mackerel , plant sterols , fishery , rainbow trout , zoology , food science , cholesterol , biochemistry , fish <actinopterygii>
Plant sterols were found by gas liquid chromatography in the sterols of five species of aquatic vertebrates; mackerel ( Scomber japonicus ), rainbow trout ( Salmo gairdnerii ), smelt ( Osmerus dentex ), sardine ( Sardinops melanosticta ) and chimera ( Chimera phantasma ). The sterols of chimera liver, sardine flesh and sardine viscera contained 9.0, 2.4 and 3.1% of C 28 and C 29 sterols in addition to 86.7, 96.6 and 95.2% of cholesterol. The occurrence of norcholestandienol, campesterol, β‐sitosterol and C 28 stanol was shown by combined gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. Sperm whale ( Physeter catodon ) sterols consisted of more than 99% cholesterol with only traces of 22‐dehydrocholesterol.