TOCOPHEROL AFFINITY FOR SERUM LIPOPROTEINS OF JAPANESE FLOUNDER PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS DURING THE REPRODUCTION PERIOD
M. Tokuda, T. Yamaguchi, K. Wakui, T. Sato, M. Ito, M. Takeuchi-2000
Fisheries Science, 66 (4) : 619-624 (from Current Contents)
Abstract :
Changes in distribution of dietary alpha-tocopherol at 100 mg per 100 g of diet to organic tissues and to serum lipoproteins were investigated on Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Alpha-tocopherol had been transported to and preserved more positively in the gonad during the reproduction period. During maturity serum alpha-tocopherol had partly combined with the vitellogenin-like parts that diminished after the spawning period. Conversely, serum alpha-tocopherol after the spawning period partly combined with lipoprotein that increased after the spawning period. The prosperity and decline of different types of lipoproteins induced alpha-tocopherol distribution changes at the end of the spawning period.
(Natl Res Inst Aquaculture, Nansei, Mie 5160193, Japan, E-mail : masatoku@nria.affrc.go.jp)
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