Liver phospholipid distribution in hypophysectomized catfish, Clarias batrachus and Heteropneustes fossilis.

The percentage of certain phospholipid fractions such as phosphatylcholine, phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylinositol was more in the liver of Clarias batrachus than that of the corresponding fractions in Heteropneustes fossilis. Hypophysectomy in both the species resulted in an increase in phosphatidylcholine, but reduction in other fractions. The phosphatidylinositol however, remained unchanged in C. batrachus, but it disappeared in H. fossilis as a result of hypophysectomy.