Abstract
Properties of the phospholipids contained in Euphausia superba separated from stomach of fin whale in the Antarctic Ocean were studied from the view point of utilization of macro-plankton.
Mixed fatty acids prepared from the phospholipids were identified with paper chromatography, as their 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazones for the saturated acids, and as their mercuric acetate complexes for the acids of lower, unsaturation. The data of paper chromatography indicated the presence of myristic, palmitic, stearic, arachidic, behenic, palmitoleic, oleic, eicosenoic, docosenoic, linoleic and linolenic acids in the phospholipids. The authors also carried out silica gel column chromatography and silicic acid paper chromatography and the results indicated the presence of polyglycerophosphoic acid, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl serene, phosphatidyl choline, sphingomyelin and monophosphoinositide in the phospholipids fraction.
