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Lipid Composition, Natural Antioxidants and Physicochemical Characteristics in Liver Oil from Rajiforms from the Gulf of Mexico
Author(s) -
NavarroGarcía Gerardo,
RamirezSuarez Juan Carlos,
OrtegaGarcía Jesús,
GarcíaCamarena Raúl,
MárquezFarías Fernando,
SantosValencia Josefina,
BringasAlvarado Lorena
Publication year - 2009
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/s11746-009-1350-2
Subject(s) - docosahexaenoic acid , eicosapentaenoic acid , polyunsaturated fatty acid , food science , composition (language) , chemistry , cod liver oil , biochemistry , biology , fatty acid , linguistics , philosophy
Lipid composition by class, fatty acids, natural antioxidants (carotenes, tocopherols) and physicochemical characteristics of liver oil from three commercial rays, Rhinoptera bonasus (Chucha), Aetobatus narinari (Pinta) and Dasyatis americana (Bala) from the Gulf of Mexico were analyzed. Liver oil yield for R. bonasus , A. narinari and D. americana were of 43.04, 41.2 and 38.2% (wet weight), respectively. Triacylglycerols were the most abundant lipid by class in R. bonasus (68.9%), A. narinari (85.9%) and D. americana (81.6%), while sterols esters, sterols, di‐ and monoacylglycerides, polar lipids and wax esters were found in minor proportions. Species showed similar carotenes concentration, 8.7, 12.8 and 8.0 μg/g for R. bonasus , A. narinari and D. americana , respectively. α‐tocopherol concentration was higher ( p < 0.05) for A. narinari (46.7 mg/100 g) than for R. bonasus (21.0 mg/100 g) and D. americana (13.7 mg/100 g). Omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in R. bonasus were high with docosahexaenoic acid (12.1%) in a higher proportion than eicosapentaenoic acid (7%).