Callaghan Innovation Research Papers
| Title | Fatty acids of heliopora coerulea and chemotaxonomic significance of tetracosapolyenoic acids in coelenterates |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Svetashev, V.I., and Vysotskii M.V. |
| Journal | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 73 - 75 |
| Date Published | 1998 |
| ISSN | 03050491 (ISSN) |
| Keywords | article, coelenterate, gas liquid chromatography, lipid composition, nonhuman, polyunsaturated fatty acid, priority journal, taxonomy |
| Abstract | GLC investigation of FA composition of solar coral Heliopora coerulea (Helioporidae, Octacorallia) has revealed the presence of tetracosahexaenoic acid 24:6(n-3) in amounts about 2% of total fatty acids. Earlier, tetracosapolyenoic acids were detected in representatives of all other orders of the subclass Octacorallia: in Alcyonaria, Gorgonaria, and Pennatularia. Therefore, tetracosapolyenoic acids are characteristic for species relating to subclass Octacorallia. The other main fatty acids (over 1% of total fatty acid sum) of H. coerulea were, in descending order, 16:0, 18:3(n-6), 18:0, 20:5(n-3), 14:0, 22:6(n-3), 18:4(n-3), 16:1(n-7), 18:1(n-9), 18:2(n-6), and phytanic. |
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| DOI | 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00231-9 |