Comparison of the fatty acid compositions of depot fats from fresh-water and marine turtles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part B: Biochemistry and

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1971, Pages 931-944

  Ackman, R G ^a   Hooper, S N ^a   Frair, W ^b  

^a Halifax Laboratory   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta caretta, Atlantic loggerhead; Chelydra serpentina serpentina, Common snapping turtle; Claudius angustatus, Big headed mud turtle; Dermatemys mawi, Mexican river turtle; Dermochelys coriacea, Atlantic leatherback; fatty acid composition; fatty acid metabolism; fresh water turtles; isoprenoid fatty acids; Kinosternon leucostomum, White lipped mud turtle; Lepidochelys kempi, Mexican ridley; Marine turtles; Pseudemys scripta, Narrow snouted slide; Staurotypus triporcatus, Guau turtle; trans 6 hexadecenoic acids

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; TERPENE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES; TURTLES;

EID: 0015228106     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(71)90039-3     Document Type: Article

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