Thiamine and fatty acid content of walleye tissue from three southern U.S. reservoirs
Autor: | James L. Zajicek, Christopher S. Vandergoot, Joy P. Hinterkopf, Phillip W. Bettoli, Dale C. Honeyfield |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
Vitamin
Male Population Fresh Water Aquatic Science Biology chemistry.chemical_compound Animal science North Carolina Animals Thiamine education Muscle Skeletal Ovum chemistry.chemical_classification education.field_of_study Alosa pseudoharengus Fatty Acids food and beverages Fatty acid biology.organism_classification Tennessee Perciformes chemistry Biochemistry Liver Organ Specificity Female human activities Thiamine pyrophosphate |
Zdroj: | Journal of aquatic animal health. 19(2) |
ISSN: | 0899-7659 |
Popis: | We determined the thiamine concentration in egg, muscle, and liver tissues of walleyes Sander vitreus and the fatty acid content of walleye eggs from three southern U.S. reservoirs. In two Tennessee reservoirs (Dale Hollow and Center Hill), in which there were alewives Alosa pseudoharengus in the forage base, natural recruitment of walleyes was not occurring; by contrast in Lake James Reservoir, North Carolina, where there were no alewives, the walleye population was sustained via natural recruitment. Female walleye tissues were collected and assayed for thiamine (vitamin B1) and fatty acid content. Thiamine pyrophosphate was found to be the predominant form of thiamine in walleye eggs. In 2000, mean total egg thiamine concentrations were similar among Center Hill, Dale Hollow, and Lake James reservoirs (2.13, 3.14, and 2.77 nmol thiamine/g, respectively). Egg thiamine concentration increased as maternal muscle (r2 = 0.73) and liver (r2 = 0.68) thiamine concentration increased. Walleye egg thiamine does not appear to be connected to poor natural reproduction in Tennessee walleyes. Threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense, which are found in all three reservoirs, had higher thiaminase activity than alewives. Six fatty acids differed among the walleye eggs for the three reservoirs. Two were physiologically important fatty acids, arachidonic acid (20:4[n-6]) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6[n-3]), which are important eicosanoid precursors involved in the regulation of biological functions, such as immune response and reproduction. |
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