Zusammensetzung der Neutrallipide und deren Fettsäuren aus Walhirnen. III. Hirne von Grindwalen ( Globicephala melaena)

• Published in: Helvetica Chimica Acta
• Main Authors: Lesch, Peter, Neuhaus‐Meier, Sylvia, Bernhard, Karl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1968
• Subjects: Fin whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19680510721; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhlca.19680510721; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhlca.19680510721; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hlca.19680510721

Abstract The lipids from the brain of six pilot whales were extracted and separated into different fractions. The grey matter contains 8% cerebrosides, 6% sphingomyelines, 21% ethanolamine cephalines, 26% lecithines and 22% cholesterol; the white matter 22, 8, 17, 12 and 25%, respectively. We analysed the fatty acid composition of each fraction. In comparison to the human brain, the brain of the pilot whale contains more glycerophos‐phatides and less sphingolipids, in comparison to the fin whale, more cerebrosides.