Biochemical Content (fatty acids, sterols, total protein, lipophilic vitamins) and Antioxidant activity (GSH, MDA) of Cladocerans (Daphnia sp., Diaphasoma branchyrum)

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 34 - 46, 31.01.2020

Fatma Caf Nurgül Şen Özdemir Zehra Gökçe

Abstract

This paper presents biochemical content such as fatty acids, sterols, total protein, lipophilic vitamins, and antioxidant parameters of mixed cladoceran samples (Daphnia sp., Diaphanosoma brachyurum) in the freshwater ecosystem. Results indicated that predominant fatty acids were 20:5n3 (19.85%), 16:1n7 (17.29%), 16:0 (13.1%), 24:0 (12.55%), 18:0 (10.68%) and 18:1n9 (7.99%). Cholesterol was the principal sterol (194.1 µg/g) in cladocerans. Total protein was calculated as 52.26 µg/g in cladocerans. α-tocopherol (vitamin E) was the most important vitamin (4.6 µg/g) among lipophilic vitamins. Glutathione (GSH) was quite high (450µg/g) than MDA (11.5 nmol/g). 

Keywords

EPA, cholesterol, α-tocopherol, GSH

Biochemical Content (fatty acids, sterols, total protein, lipophilic vitamins) and Antioxidant activity (GSH, MDA) of Cladocerans (Daphnia sp., Diaphasoma branchyrum)

Abstract

This paper presents
biochemical content such as fatty acids, sterols, total protein, lipophilic
vitamins, and antioxidant parameters of mixed cladoceran samples (Daphnia sp., Diaphasoma branchyrum) in the freshwater ecosystem. Results
indicated that predominent fatty acids were 20:5n3 (19.85%), 16:1n7 (17.29%),
16:0 (13.1%), 24:0 (12.55%),  18:0
(10.68%) and 18:1n9 (7.99%). Cholesterol was the principal sterol (194.1 µg/g)
in cladocerans. Total protein was calculated as 52.26 µg/g in cladocerans.
α-tocopherol (vitamin E) was the most important vitamin (4.6 µg/g) among
lipophilic vitamins. Glutathione (GSH) was quite high (450µg/g) than MDA (11.5
nmol/g). 

Keywords

EPA, cholesterol, α-tocopherol

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