EPA,DHA, cholesterol and phospholipid content in Pagrus pagrus (cultured and wild), Trachinus draco and Trigla lyra from Mediterranean Sea

EPA, DHA, cholesterol and phospholipid content were determined in the Trachinus draco, Trigla lyra and (wild and cultured) Pagrus pagrus muscles.The EPA and DHA levels – as determined by GC-GC/MS – in the cultured P. pagrus muscles (233.20 ± 16.3 and 399.39 ± 31.1 mg/100 g of the wet tissue respectively) were found to be significantly higher compared to the ones in the wild P. pagrus, T. draco and T. lyra (26.31 ± 2.26, 158.24 ± 10.92 mg/100 g, 28.65 ± 1.68, 155.97 ± 2.63 mg/100 g 35.66 ± 0.66 and 102.52 ± 1.71 mg/100 g of the wet muscles respectively). The amounts of cholesterol (determined by GC on a capillary column) and phospholipids in the cultured P. pagrus muscles were significantly higher (149.3 mg/100 g and 0.80 g/100 g of the wet tissue respectively) compared to the ones in the wild P. pagrus (8.73 mg/100 g and 0.40 g/100 g), T. draco (41.72 mg/100 g and 0.59 g/100 g) and T. lyra muscles (38.63 mg/100 g and 0.40 g/100 g of the wet tissue respectively).The highest DHA/EPA and ω-3/ω-6 ratios were 6.00 and 5.93 in wild P. pagrus and T. draco muscles respectively, while the lowest in cultured P. pagrus (1.71 and 1.48 respectively).     

Synthesis of tetrazole analogs of gamma- and delta-amino acids.

N-benzyloxycarbonyl-protected alpha- or beta-amino alcohols, easily prepared from alpha- and beta-amino acids, were converted into aldehydes and directly reacted with (triphenyl phosphoranylidene) acetonitrile, leading to unsaturated nitriles. Treatment of nitriles with NaN(3) and ZnBr(2) produced unsaturated gamma- and delta-amino tetrazoles, which were deprotected and converted to the corresponding saturated compounds by catalytic hydrogenation. For the case of delta-amino tetrazole, the methylation of the acidic moiety occurred after treatment with CH(2)N(2), leading to the N(1)- and N(2)-methylated constitutional isomers, which were separated by column chromatography and hydrogenated.