Lipids and fatty acids of the horseshoe crabsTachypleus gigas andCarcinoscorpius rotundicauda |
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Authors: | Satyesh C Pakrashi Pradeep K Duffa Basudeb Achari Suniti Misra Amalesh Choudhury Subhashis Chattopadhyay Amitabha Ghosh |
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Affiliation: | (1) Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 700 032 Calcutta, India;(2) Department of Marine Science, Calcutta University, 700 019 Calcutta, India;(3) Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, 700 009 Calcutta, India |
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Abstract: | Total lipids from hepatopancreas of the horseshoe crabs,Tachypleus gigas andCarcinoscorpius rotundicauda, obtained in 7.6 and 3.3% wet weight respective yields, were fractionated by various chromatographic techniques and identified
by gas-liquid chromatography and spectroscopic methods. Fatty acid-containing lipids were rich in 16∶0 (8.0–25%), 18∶1ω9 (6.9–22%)
and 18∶2ω6 (6.8–18.5%); appreciable amounts of 16∶1ω7, 18∶3ω3, 20∶5ω3 and 22∶6ω3 were also present. The level of 26∶0 in the
hydrocarbon fractions was unusually high (64 and 68%). Carbon chain lengths of major wax esters were 44, 46 and 48 forT. gigas and 38, 40 and 42 forC. rotundicauda. 1-O-Alkyl diglycerides were 7.2 and 9.1% of the total lipids in the two species and contained 14∶0(20%), 16∶0(60%) and 18∶0(20%)
alkyl chains along with a relatively higher percentage (32–35%) of saturated fatty acids. High levels of cholesterol (>50%
of total sterol) in the free and combined state were encountered in both samples, phospholipid contents being 40 and 35%,
respectively, and contained highest levels of unsaturated fatty acids. |
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