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Seasonal and inter-annual lipid dynamics of spiny cheek grouper (Epinephelus diacanthus) in the southern coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Kajal Chakraborty ,
Deepu Joseph  and
Selsa Jose Chakkalakal
Kajal Chakraborty*
Affiliation:
Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin 682018, Kerala, India
Deepu Joseph
Affiliation:
Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin 682018, Kerala, India
Selsa Jose Chakkalakal
Affiliation:
Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin 682018, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Chakraborty, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Ernakulam North PO, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin-682018 Kerala, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The muscle lipid, fatty acids and total cholesterol profiles of the spiny cheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus, collected from south-west (Arabian Sea) and south-east coasts (Bay of Bengal) of India were evaluated over four years (2008–2011) with regard to three seasons (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon). Fatty acids were correlated with chlorophyll-a concentration and sea surface temperature. Lipid content, total polyunsaturated, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic fatty acids of the samples from the south-west coast showed positive correlation with chlorophyll-a concentration during the monsoon (r2 = 0.93, 0.97, 0.97 and 0.99, respectively). Higher hypocholesterolaemic/hypercholesterolaemic ratio (>1.0) and low atherogenic (<1.2), thrombogenicity (≤0.6) indices make the groupers collected from the coast of the Arabian Sea a valued candidate species for human nutrition. High levels of n-3 fatty acids (>19% during post-monsoon), important in the human diet for their platelet anti-aggregating and blood pressure-reducing properties, for groupers collected from the south-west coast, with higher n-3/n-6 fatty acid ratio (>5.1) proved this species from the coast of the Arabian Sea to be a desirable item in the human diet.

Keywords

lipidfatty acidsEpinephelus diacanthusatherogenic indexthrombogenicity indexn-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsinter-annualcholesterolchlorophyll-aseasonal
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 94 , Issue 8 , December 2014 , pp. 1677 - 1686
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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