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Occurrence of wax esters in the tissues of the organge roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)

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The skin, skeleton and a fat-filled swim bladder of the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) each contained greater than 20% lipid by wet weight which was almost entirely wax esters. These had carbon numbers of 34–40 consistent with the major fatty acid being 18∶1 and the major fatty alcohols being 16∶0, 18∶1, 20∶1 and 22∶1. In contrast, the liver and the roe contained appreciable quantities of glycerolipids with 18∶1 and 22∶6 as the major fatty acids.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Murray R. Grigor & Colin R. Thomas

  2. Division of Horticulture and Processing, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland, New Zealand

    Paul D. Jones & David H. Buisson

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Grigor, M.R., Thomas, C.R., Jones, P.D. et al. Occurrence of wax esters in the tissues of the organge roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). Lipids 18, 585–588 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534666

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