The lipid content and fatty acid composition of various marine species from southern Australian coastal waters

Graeme A. Dunstan; Andrew J. Sinclair; Kerin O'Dea; Joan M. Naughton

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The lipid content and fatty acid composition of various marine species from southern Australian coastal waters

Graeme A. Dunstan, Andrew J. Sinclair, Kerin O'Dea, Joan M. Naughton

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1. 1. The total lipids were extracted from the flesh of 25 species of temperate Australian fish and cephalopods and the fatty acid composition was determined by capillary gas chromatography. 2. 2. All species were rich in palmitic acid (range 16-25% of total fatty acids) and docosahexaenoic acid (range 15-53%). There were variable amounts of arachidonic acid (range 1-15%) and eicosapentaenoic acid (range 3-23%). 3. 3. The omnivorous species of bony fish contained more arachidonic acid (mean 10%) than the carnivorous bony fish (mean 5%). The cartilaginous species were relatively low in eicosapentaenoic acid (mean 5%) whereas the cephalopods contained high levels of this fatty acid (mean 18%).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-169
Number of pages	5
Journal	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry
Volume	91
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0491(88)90130-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1988
Externally published	Yes

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The lipid content and fatty acid composition of various marine species from southern Australian coastal waters. / Dunstan, Graeme A.; Sinclair, Andrew J.; O'Dea, Kerin et al.
In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry, Vol. 91, No. 1, 01.01.1988, p. 165-169.

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