POSITIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FATTY ACIDS ON TRIACYLGLYCEROLS OF MENHADEN (BREVOORTIA TYRANNIS) AND SALMON (SALMO SALAR) OILS

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Pure triacylglycerols of both menhaden and salmon oils were separated on Florisil columns. The triacylglycerols were subjected to positional distribution analysis using a modified procedure involving reductive cleavage with a Grignard reagent. Cleaved fractions were separated on thin layer chromatography (TLC) plates using hexane‐diethyl ether‐formic acid (80:20:1, v/v/v) as the mobile phase. Separated fractions were derivatized and analyzed by gas chromatographic method to determine the component fatty acids. Results showed that salmon oil contained a greater percentage of PUFA at the Sn‐2 position of the triacylglycerol as compared to menhaden oil. The PUFA of menhaden oil were randomly distributed in the triacylglycerol. In salmon oil, a greater percentage of 18:3 (n‐3), 20:4 (n‐3), 20:5 (n‐3), 22:5 (n‐3), and 22:6 (n‐3) was in the Sn‐2 position as compared to menhaden oil. However, a greater percentage of 16:4 (n‐1), 20:4 (n‐6) and 18:4 (n‐3) was located in the Sn‐2 position of menhaden oil compared to salmon oil.
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