Jump to main content
US EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Search
Search
Main menu
Environmental Topics
Laws & Regulations
About EPA
Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)
Contact Us
Print
Feedback
Export to File
Search:
This record has one attached file:
Add More Files
Attach File(s):
Display Name for File*:
Save
Citation
Tags
HERO ID
4943827
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
The composition and toxicity of wax in the flesh of castor oil fishes
Author(s)
Mori, M; Saito, T; Nakanishi, Y; Miyazawa, K; Hashimoto, Y
Year
1966
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi
ISSN:
0021-5392
Volume
32
Issue
2
Page Numbers
137-145
Language
English
DOI
10.2331/suisan.32.137
Abstract
1. The flesh of Lepidocybium flavobrunneum and Ruvettus Pretiosus has been analyzed, and were both found to contain approximately 20% of oil consisting primarily of wax.
2. The flesh and acetone-soluble oil of both species produce seborrhea besides diarrhea in rats, and are judged not suitable for food.
3. The acetone-soluble oil has been fractionated into the hydrocarbon, wax, glyceride and polar substance fractions by column and thin-layer chromatography, and alcohol and fatty acid constituents of wax and glyceride fractions analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography.
4. The main constituents present are: cetyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol and oleic acid in wax and oleic and eicosenoic acids in glyceride.
5. Hydroxy oleic acid is not recognized, differing from the observation of Cox and REID on the oil of R. pretiosus.
Tags
OPPT
•
Fatty Alcohols
Literature Search
Environmental Hazard
Proquest (private)
Full-text Review
Human Health
Home
Learn about HERO
Using HERO
Search HERO
Projects in HERO
Risk Assessment
Transparency & Integrity