TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatty acids of the depot fats from the blue-banded sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) and its principal food the conger eel (Conger cinerus)
AU - Ackman, R. G.
AU - MacPherson, E. J.
AU - O'Dor, R. K.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - 1. 1. Fats were recovered from individual male and female blue-banded sea snakes Laticauda colubrina and a favoured eel food of the female (Conger cinerus). 2. 2. The fatty acid composition of the depot fats of the two sexes were remarkably similar. Only two fatty acids (16:1n-7 and 20:4n-6) in the female reflected a specific dietary role for the eel fat. 3. 3. Overall the fatty acid composition was similar to that of some marine turtles, but proportions of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids resembled those of the terrestrial New Zealand tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). 4. 4. These details suggest a general basic fatty acid pattern for tropical and subtropical reptile fats, but linoleic (18:2n-6) and linolenic (18:3n-3) may be higher in the fats of terrestrial animals.
AB - 1. 1. Fats were recovered from individual male and female blue-banded sea snakes Laticauda colubrina and a favoured eel food of the female (Conger cinerus). 2. 2. The fatty acid composition of the depot fats of the two sexes were remarkably similar. Only two fatty acids (16:1n-7 and 20:4n-6) in the female reflected a specific dietary role for the eel fat. 3. 3. Overall the fatty acid composition was similar to that of some marine turtles, but proportions of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids resembled those of the terrestrial New Zealand tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). 4. 4. These details suggest a general basic fatty acid pattern for tropical and subtropical reptile fats, but linoleic (18:2n-6) and linolenic (18:3n-3) may be higher in the fats of terrestrial animals.
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U2 - 10.1016/0305-0491(91)90200-W
DO - 10.1016/0305-0491(91)90200-W
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026073469
SN - 0305-0491
VL - 98
SP - 423
EP - 425
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IS - 2-3
ER -