TABLE III
THE COMPOSITION (WEIGHT %) OF ANIMAL DEPOT FATS
Species
Aquatic animals
Fish, freshwater
0
Fish, marine"
Whales"
Amphibians and reptiles
Frog
a
Turtle (141)
Python {142)
Crocodile {143)
Birds
Ostrich {144)
Flamingo {145)
Mammals
Rodents
Mouse {146)
Porcupine {146)
Herbivora
Pig {147)
Hippopotamus {148)
Carnivora and Omnivora
Puma {149)
Chimpanzee {ISO)
Saturated
Cl4
(and below)
Ul6
4
3
7
4
10.3
1.3
3.3
0.9
—
0.2
5.2
1.3
2.3
4.1
2.8
13-15
12-15
15-18
11
15.0
19.7
26.6
24.8
24.8
26.7
36.3
28.3
27.1
24.2
29.8
Cis
2
2
2
3
7.2
10.8
4.8
5.9
7.7
2.6
11.7
11.9
22.2
10.5
6.8
C20
—
—
—
—
1.2
1.2
0.6
0.4
—
—
—
—
1.1
0.8
0.2
C14
1
1
1-2
—
1.3
0.5
1.3
0.9
—
—
1.5
0.2
0.4
0.9
1.1
Ci6
ca. 20
15-18
15-18
15
12.9
3.9
6.5
6.1
4.9
5.6
4.1
2.7
2.2
4.6
5.1
Unsaturated
Monoene
—
—
—
—
47.0
33.5
39.8
53.4
35.8
27.1
47.5
39.3
39.5
44.5
C]8
Diene
40-45
27-30
35-40
52
23.9
10.7
17.0
17.1
7.1
26.2
13.6
6.0
3.5
8.6
8.0
Triene
—
—
—
—
V
0.8
2.6
3.8
0.2
1.9
0.5
—
1.5
3.6
—
C20
ca. 12
20-25
15-20
Y
15
20.7
4.1
3.8
0.3
1.9
1.0
—
2.1
0.4
3.2
1.7
C22
0-5
8-12
5-10
4.6
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Data from T. P. Hilditch and J. A. Lovern {140), except that in the aquatic animal fats the amounts of C14, Cis saturated acids and
C14 unsaturated acids have been added by the writer.
6
2.9% of C
2 4 acids of mean unsaturation —10.0 H was present. The mean unsaturation of the C20 and C22 acids was —4.3 H and
—5.9 H; this is somewhat lower than that of fats of aquatic animals.