Occurrence of wax esters in the tissues of the organge roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
- 1 September 1983
- Vol. 18 (9) , 585-588
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02534666
Abstract
The skin, skeleton and a fat‐filled swim bladder of the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) each contained greater than 20% lipid by wet weight which was almost entirely wax esters. These had carbon numbers of 34–40 consistent with the major fatty acid being 18∶1 and the major fatty alcohols being 16∶0, 18∶1, 20∶1 and 22∶1. In contrast, the liver and the roe contained appreciable quantities of glycerolipids with 18∶1 and 22∶6 as the major fatty acids.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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