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Wax esters of barracudina lipid: A potential replacement for sperm whale oil
Author(s) -
Ackman R. G.,
Hooper S. N.,
Epstein S.,
Kelleher M.
Publication year - 1972
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/bf02633394
Subject(s) - wax , iodine value , fatty alcohol , sperm whale , triglyceride , wax ester , chemistry , fish oil , fatty acid , iodine , food science , fish <actinopterygii> , sperm , composition (language) , organic chemistry , biochemistry , chromatography , biology , cholesterol , fishery , botany , linguistics , philosophy , myoglobin
A sample of barracudina, a small fish potentially available in large quantities off Nova Scotia, contained 17.7% body lipid of which 10% was triglyceride and 85% wax ester. The triglyceride, of calculated iodine value 48, was unusually rich in 14:0 (25.8%), 18:0 (4.3%), 20:0 (1.19%), 22:0 (0.45%) and 24:0 (0.75%). The wax ester fatty acids had a calculated iodine value of 126 and a “normal” marine oil fatty acid composition. The wax ester fatty alcohols contained 42.2% hexadecanol, 29.5% octadecenols, 8.2% eicosenols and 3.8% docosenols. Certain interrelationships between fatty alcohols and fatty acids are indicated by details of composition. The potential exploitation of barracudina lipid as a substitute for sperm oil in some uses appears possible.