Lipid and fatty acid composition of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba
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Title
- Lipid and fatty acid composition of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba
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Author(s)
- Cho, K.W.; Shin, J.; Jung, K.
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Alternative Author(s)
- 조기웅; 신종헌; 정경화
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Publication Year
- 1999
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Abstract
- Total lipid content, lipid class and fatty acid composition of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba collected from the water of King George Island, Antarctica during austral summer of 1997-1998, were investigated. The overall lipid content of E. superba was 72 mg/g dry mass similar to the reported values for most temperate species. The neutral lipid of E. superba was 29% of the total lipid and that of phospholipid was 71%. The majority of neutral lipid was triacylglycerols (31.6% of neutral lipids) while phosphatidyl choline (44% of phospholipid) was the most abundunt in phospholipids. The quantitative composition of the fatty acid in E. superba show consisting mostly of the saturated 16:0 (16.6% - 22.1%), along with the polyunsaturated 20:5(n-3) (20.6% - 22.1%) and 22:6(n-3) (14.9% - 16.9%) acids.
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ISSN
- 1011-2723
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/6195
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Bibliographic Citation
- Ocean Research, v.21, no.2, pp.109 - 116, 1999
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Subject
- biochemical composition; fatty acid; lipid; zooplankton; Antarctica; Euphausia superba
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Keywords
- Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba); DHA (docosahexaenoic acid); EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid); Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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