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Occurrence of wax esters in the tissues of the organge roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus )
Author(s) -
Grigor Murray R.,
Thomas Colin R.,
Jones Paul D.,
Buisson David H.
Publication year - 1983
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/bf02534666
Subject(s) - wax , lipidology , carbon number , chemistry , fish <actinopterygii> , fish oil , biology , fatty acid , food science , biochemistry , fishery , organic chemistry , alkyl
The skin, skeleton and a fat‐filled swim bladder of the orange roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus ) each contained greater than 20% lipid by wet weight which was almost entirely wax esters. These had carbon numbers of 34–40 consistent with the major fatty acid being 18∶1 and the major fatty alcohols being 16∶0, 18∶1, 20∶1 and 22∶1. In contrast, the liver and the roe contained appreciable quantities of glycerolipids with 18∶1 and 22∶6 as the major fatty acids.