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The influence of alkanes on total lipid content and fatty acid composition of trout was investigated inSalmo gairdneri Richardson fed for 9 months or 10 months a diet containing 1% of dodecylcyclohexane or pristane. Results were compared with a control group fed a standard diet. Total lipids in the whole carcass and muscle were lower in the two test groups than in the control group.
Cyclohexyldodecanoic acid was detected among the fatty acids of carcass, fat, and liver of trout receiving dodecylcyclohexane; the highest proportion of this unusual cyclic fatty acid was found in the liver.
During the 2 months depuration period, one-half of the trout in each group were fed a hydrocarbon-free diet, and the others were starved. After starvation, both controls and dodecylcyclohexane fish had lost about 20% of the initial stored lipids whereas the loss in the pristane group was 54%. When the trout were fed the standard diet, an increase of lipid content was observed in dodecylcyclohexane and control groups (×l.3) whereas no variation occurred in the pristane-fed trout.
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Cravedi, J.P., Tulliez, J. Chronic ingestion of saturated hydrocarbons by rainbow trout: Influence of dodecylcyclohexane and pristane on lipid metabolism. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 11, 719–725 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059160
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