Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Orgánica, UMYMFOR (CONICET - UBA), Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires , Argentina.
Nat Prod Res. 2013 Apr;27(7):638-46. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2012.686909. Epub 2012 May 15.
The edible sea cucumber Athyonidium chilensis is a fishery resource of high commercial value in Chile, but no information on its lipid and fatty acid composition has been previously reported. Phospholipids were the major lipid contents of the ethanolic extracts of tubules, internal organs and body wall of A. chilensis. Saturated fatty acids predominated in tubule phospholipids (40.69%), while in internal organs and body wall phospholipids, the monounsaturated fatty acids were in higher amounts (41.99% and 37.94%, respectively). The main polyunsaturated fatty acids in phospholipids were C20 : 2ω-6, arachidonic (C20 : 4ω-6) and eicosapentaenoic (C20 : 5ω-3) acids. These results demonstrate for the first time that A. chilensis is a valuable food for human consumption in terms of fatty acids.
智利食用海参（Athyonium chilensis）是智利渔业的一种高商业价值资源，但此前没有关于其脂质和脂肪酸组成的信息。在 A. chilensis 的管状、内脏器官和体壁的乙醇提取物中，磷脂是主要的脂质成分。管状磷脂中以饱和脂肪酸为主（40.69%），而在内脏器官和体壁磷脂中，单不饱和脂肪酸含量较高（分别为 41.99%和 37.94%）。磷脂中主要的多不饱和脂肪酸是 C20：2ω-6、花生四烯酸（C20：4ω-6）和二十碳五烯酸（C20：5ω-3）。这些结果首次表明，A. chilensis 在脂肪酸方面是一种有价值的人类食用食品。
