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Increased production of docosahexaenoic acid (22: 6 n‐3, DHA) in catfish nutritionally stressed by the feeding of oxidized oils and the modulatory effect of dietary α‐tocopheryl acetate
Author(s) -
Baker R. T. M.,
Davies S. J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb00073.x
Subject(s) - docosahexaenoic acid , biology , catfish , ingestion , clarias gariepinus , food science , medicine , tocopheryl acetate , endocrinology , polyunsaturated fatty acid , vitamin e , biochemistry , fish <actinopterygii> , fatty acid , fishery , antioxidant
Production of hepatic docosahexaenoic acid in juvenile Clarias gariepinus was significantly increased ( P <0.05) by ingestion of rancid diets and this effect was modulated by dietary vitamin E. This has not been described previously in fish. Causal mechanisms are postulated.