Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus

Some effects of food, habitat and temperature on the lipid composition of a freshwater mollusk, Diplodom patagonicus, were studied. Animals kept and fasted up to 60 days in an aquarium at 9 C and 20 C showed a decrease of the total lipid content that corresponded to a decrease of triacylglycerols an...

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Autores principales: Pollero, Ricardo José, Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1981
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/136610
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topic Ciencias Médicas
Diplodom patagonicus
Lipid content
Acid composition
Food, habitat and temperature
spellingShingle Ciencias Médicas
Diplodom patagonicus
Lipid content
Acid composition
Food, habitat and temperature
Pollero, Ricardo José
Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus
topic_facet Ciencias Médicas
Diplodom patagonicus
Lipid content
Acid composition
Food, habitat and temperature
description Some effects of food, habitat and temperature on the lipid composition of a freshwater mollusk, Diplodom patagonicus, were studied. Animals kept and fasted up to 60 days in an aquarium at 9 C and 20 C showed a decrease of the total lipid content that corresponded to a decrease of triacylglycerols and diacylglycerol ethers. This decrease evoked an increase of polar-to-nonpolar lipid ratio. However, no significant change in the total fatty acid composition was shown. Moreover, a decrease of temperature from 20 C to 9 C decreased the incorporation of labeled linoleic and α-linolenic acid into the lipids, but did not modify the unsaturated: saturated acid ratio of the mollusk lipids during this period. A change of habitat from lake to estuary changed very significantly the fatty acid composition of the animal. The ω6 acids, linoleic and arachidonic, typical of D. patagonicus living in the lake, were partially replaced by ω3 acids. That this change was due to a change of food composition was indicated by the fatty acids of corresponding sediments. Therefore, the fatty acid composition of D. patagonicus is highly sensitive to food composition and varies little with temperature and seasonal changes.
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author Pollero, Ricardo José
Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
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Brenner, Rodolfo Roberto
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title Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus
title_short Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus
title_full Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus
title_fullStr Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus
title_full_unstemmed Effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of Diplodom patagonicus
title_sort effect of the environment and fasting on the lipid and fatty acid composition of diplodom patagonicus
publishDate 1981
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/136610
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