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| Field | Value |
| Title | Lipid and fatty acid composition of fish and shell fish |
| Names |
Nair, P.G.V.
Gopakumar, K. |
| Date Issued | 1984 (iso8601) |
| Abstract | Lipid and fatty acid composition of 5 spp. of lean fish, i.e. silver jewfish (Hohnius argentatus), milkfish (Chanos chanos), pearl spot (Etroplus suratensis), and catfish (Pseudarius jella and Tachysurus sp.) and 3 spp. of shellfish, i.e. mussel (Perna viridis), crab (Neptunus pelagicus) and freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii ) are reported. Phospholipid content in tissues of lean fish ranged from 0.7 to 0.89% and of shellfish from 0.86 to 0.97%; little variation was observed between species. Phosphatidyl choline was the major phospholipid; in lean fish it varied from 55.9 to 63.8% and in shellfish from 44.0 to 68.9% of total phospholipids. Phosphatidyl ethanolamine content was the next max. (14.9-21.7%) (except in freshwater prawn, 8.6%). Phospholipids were richer in polyunsaturated acids than were the neutral lipids in all species except freshwater prawn. The proportion of monounsaturated acids was low in all samples. |
| Genre | Article |
| Topic | fatty acids |
| Identifier | Journal of Food Science and Technology1984:21(6), 389-392 |