title: Effect of seasonal variation on lipid and fatty acid profile in muscle tissue of male and femaleSilurus triostegus.
abstract: Fatty acid (FA) compositions of total lipid, phospholipid (PL) and triacylglycerol (TAG) fractions have been determined in muscle tissues ofSilurus triostegus.The distributions of saturated fatty acid (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) proportions were found to be different among total lipid, PL and TAG fractions from lipids in muscle tissues of the male and femaleS. triostegusin all seasons. Triacylglycerol contained a lower proportion of PUFA and a higher proportion of MUFA and SFA than PL while PL contained higher proportion of PUFA than proportion of MUFA and SFA compared to TAG. Triacylglycerol and PL fatty acid compositions in muscle tissues of the male and female fish species were found different. The most abundant fatty acids in the investigated seasons were palmitic acid (C16:0), stearic acid (C18:0), oleic acid (C18:1 n-9), palmitoleic acid (C16:1 n-7) and docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6 n-3). It was shown that the total lipid content and FA compositions in muscle tissues of the male and femaleS. triosteguswere influenced by reproduction period and season.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health, Mardin Artuklu University, 47100 Mardin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaçar
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Başhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science-Literature, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seyit Ahmet
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Oymak
keywords: Fatty acidphospholipid; Silurus triostegus; Triacylglycerol