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The phospholipids of menhaden fish muscle represent about 0.5% of the wet weight. They were separated by fractionation on a silica gel column. Choline glycerophosphatides were the major components, about 60%. Ethanolamine and serine glycerophosphatides accounted for about 20%, and sphingomyelin and less well-characterized components for the rest. The fatty acid composition of the CGP,1 EGP1 + SGP,1 and triglyceride preparations were compared. The EGP + SGP fraction contained 20% stearic acid whereas the neutral or CGP fractions had only 2–4%. The phospholipids contained about 30% of docosa-hexaenoic acids compared to about 10% in the neutral fraction.
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Froines, J.R., Shuster, C.Y. & Olcott, H.S. Phospholipids of menhaden muscle. J Am Oil Chem Soc 42, 887–888 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02541186
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