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Variation in the lipid content of wild-caught females of the marine shrimpPenaeus kerathurus during sexual maturation

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Changes in total lipids, lipid classes and their fatty acid contents were studied in the ovaries and midgut glands ofPenaeus kerathurus Forskäl females during sexual maturation. The shrimp were captured in the Gulf of Cádiz (southwest Spain) in 1990. The lipid content and fatty acids, in relative terms, increased during ovarian development. The greatest changes occurred between Maturation Stages III and IV. Ovarian lipids were dominated by polar classes, whereas in the midgut gland the major classes were triacylglycerols and sterol esters. The amounts of major fatty acids in ovaries (16:0, 16:1n-7, 18:1n-9, 18:1n-7, 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3) increased with increasing maturity, but declined slightly between Stages III and IV. The total polar lipid content of the midgut was 5.7% (by dry weight) and its fatty acid composition remained constant during the whole study period. Total lipid content of the midgut gland showed an upward trend during sexual maturation, except between Stages II and III, when a slight decrease was observed. Predominant fatty acids in the midgut gland (16:1n-7, 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3) displayed a noteworthy decline between Stages II and III, corresponding with the marked increase in total lipid fatty acid content in the ovaries during the same period.

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  2. Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucia (CSIC), Apartado Oficial, E-11510, Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain

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Mourente, G., Rodríguez, A. Variation in the lipid content of wild-caught females of the marine shrimpPenaeus kerathurus during sexual maturation. Mar. Biol. 110, 21–28 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313088

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