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Eicosa-5,11,14-trienoic and octadec-5-enoic acids of the reproductive tract of the male house cricket (Acheta domesticus) and field cricket (Gryllus spp.)

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The reproductive tracts (testes, seminal vesicles, accessory glands, ejaculatory duct) of male house crickets (Acheta domesticus) and field crickets (Gryllus spp.) contain ca. 6% of eicosa-5,11,14-trienoate in total tissue fatty acids. This fatty acid is concentrated primarily in the phosphatidylcholine fraction of phospholipids (12.6%) and occurs in no more than trace amounts (<0.1%) in neutral lipids. The 18∶1 fatty acid fraction of total tissue lipid fatty acids consisted of 2 isomers with unsaturation in the Δ5 and Δ9 positions in proportions of ca. 33 and 67 mol %, respectively.

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  1. Department of Food Science, University of Georgia, Experiment Station, 30212, Experiment, GA

    R. E. Worthington & H. L. Hitchcock

  2. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, GA

    U. Eugene Brady

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Worthington, R.E., Brady, U.E. & Hitchcock, H.L. Eicosa-5,11,14-trienoic and octadec-5-enoic acids of the reproductive tract of the male house cricket (Acheta domesticus) and field cricket (Gryllus spp.). Lipids 16, 351–354 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534961

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