The Determination of the Lipid Content of Some Marine Annelids
Abstract
The lipids found in warm-blooded animals have been studied extensively in the past. However, relatively little work has been undertaken on the cold-blooded forms.The degree of unsaturation of the fatty acids in the tissues of cold-blooded animals was studied by Terroine and co-workers (1927) who found that the fatty acid con- tent of the phospholipids in the tissues is always low, averaging about 60 percent; and that the iodine number of the phospholipid is not as constant in warm-blooded ani- mals; and also, that the phospholipid fatty acids have an lodine number generally lower than stored fat but higher than the corresponding tissue in warm-blooded animals.Timon-David (1930) found that the larvae of twenty-four insects contained 0.94 to 28.0 percent fat.
Subject Area
Biochemistry|Biological oceanography|Molecular biology|Zoology
Recommended Citation
Bayors, Winifred Marie, "The Determination of the Lipid Content of Some Marine Annelids" (1947). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28508832.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28508832
