Fatty acid composition of oil in snow crab ( Chionoecetes opilio) by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

• Published in: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
• Main Authors: Miyagawa, M., Miwa, T. K., Spencer, G. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1979
• Subjects: Chionoecetes opilio; Snow crab
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02909529; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1007%2FBF02909529; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1007/BF02909529

Abstract The hepatopancreatic fatty acid extract of the snow crab contains a high percentage (26%) of odd‐carbon‐numbered fatty acids and a substantial quantity (29%) of methyl‐branched fatty acids, as indicated by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and gas liquid chromatography (GLC). A wide distribution in chain length of the fatty acids (C 10 to C 26 ) and in positional isomers of the linear monoenes are also indicated by GC/MS.