S. Imre et S. Saglik, FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENT OF SOME TURKISH FISH SPECIES, Turkish journal of chemistry, 22(4), 1998, pp. 321-324
It is well known that fish lipids are effective against cardiovascular
diseases due to their high contents of polyunsaturated omega-3 (n-3)
fatty acids. In order to determine a suitable fish diet, the fatty aci
d compositions and total lipid and cholesterol contents of 9 common fi
sh species obtained from the central fish market in Istanbul were dete
rmined. Palmitic (C-16:0) and oleic acid (C-18:1) were the predominant
saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids. The predominant polyunsatu
rated fatty acids were eicosapentaenoic (C-20:5) acid and docosahexaen
oic (C-22:6) acid. The amounts of cholesterol in fish lipids did not d
iffer significantly. Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) and mackerel (Scombe
r scombrus) were found to be the most suitable pelagic species for a p
reventive diet. Of the groundfishes, only red mullet (Mullus surmuletu
s) were found to be suitable.