Vitamin A and Carotenoids in Certain Invertebrates VII. Crustacea: Copepoda
SUMMARY Total fat, carotenoids, and vitamin A were determined physicochemically in sixty-nine species and fifteen generic groups of pelagic marine copepods. Vitamin A was definitely present in Euchirella curticauda and Gaetanus kruppi and possibly so in Gaetanus pileatus and in a sample of Gaetanus...
| Published in: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1964
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400027867 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400027867 |
| Summary: | SUMMARY Total fat, carotenoids, and vitamin A were determined physicochemically in sixty-nine species and fifteen generic groups of pelagic marine copepods. Vitamin A was definitely present in Euchirella curticauda and Gaetanus kruppi and possibly so in Gaetanus pileatus and in a sample of Gaetanus spp. No vitamin A activity for vitamin A-depleted rats was found in fractions from a lipid extract of 1854 g of Calanus finmarchicus . The significance of these findings is considered in relation to the high vitamin A reserves in many fish preying upon pelagic copepods. |
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