Abstract

Muhammad Nor Omar, Nur-Shahidatul Ahlam Md Yusoff, Nur‘Aziyah Zainuddin and Ahmad Muzammil Zuberdi

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/300325

Study on bio conversion of ω-fatty acids extracted from giant snake head (Channa micropeltes)  fish oil was carried out using guinea pig lung homogenate. The fish oil, after hydrolysis to their fatty acids,  was incubated aerobically at 37^oC in phosphate buffer solution with the addition of guinea pig lung homogenate. After incubation and chemoreduction,  it was found that ca. 76% arachidonic acid has been converted to the prostaglandin, PGE₁. The fatty acid constituents in fish oil were analysed by GC-MS after methylation.

Channa micropeltes; fish oil; ω-fatty acids; bio conversion.

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