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Effects of a starch diet on the lipid chemistry of Neomysis integer (Leach)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. J. Morris
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Surrey
M. E. Armitage
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton
J. E. G. Raymont
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton
C. F. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton
J. K. B. Raymont
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton

Extract

Preliminary feeding experiments (Morris, Ferguson & Raymont, 1973) showed that Neomysis integer was capable of incorporating dietary labelled [1-14C]fatty acids (16:04 18:1,18:2,18:3) into its lipid. Radioactivity was observed in all the major fatty acids of Neomysis, including the polyunsaturated fatty acids. Neomysis could also convert dietary 14C-labelled starch into lipid, producing a range of fatty acids, including long-chain polyunsaturated acids, incorporated in both triglycerides and phospholipids. During these metabolic conversions, the mysid was observed to incorporate more radioactive14C into the phospholipid fraction with increase in the experimental feeding period.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977

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