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Biogenesis of polyunsaturated acid in fish
Author(s) -
Mead James F.,
Kayama Mitsu,
Reiser Raymond
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02631203
Subject(s) - arachidonic acid , polyunsaturated fatty acid , tilapia , linoleic acid , chemistry , food science , fish <actinopterygii> , biochemistry , biogenesis , composition (language) , biology , fatty acid , fishery , enzyme , linguistics , philosophy , gene
Summary Following injection of Tilapia mossambica with acetate‐1‐C 14 , their fatty acids were isolated, fractionated, and degraded. The high content of linoleic and arachidonic acids was evidently derived from the diet. Degradation of these acids revealed a distribution of carbon‐14 similar to that found in similar studies on mammals.