Abstract
Difference of carotenoid pigments in integuments of the wild and cultured flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus and yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata were studied. Total carotenoid contents in integuments of the wild and cultured flounder were 1.38mg% and 1.l6mg%, respectively. The main carotenoids in integuments of the wild flonder were zeaxanthin (19.22%), $\beta$-carotene type triol (17.80%), tunaxanthin C (17.77％), lutein (16.44%) and tunaxanthin B (13.70%). In addition, tunaxanthin A (5.42%), $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin (4.80%), astaxanthin (0.69%) and $\beta$-cryptoxanthin (0.24%) were also contained in small amounts. But in the cultured flounder, lutein (38.21%) and zeaxanthin (29.69%) were contained as main carotenoids. In addition, $\beta$-carotene type triol (7.80%), tunaxanthin C (7.05%), $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin (4.34%), tunaxanthin B (4.21%), as-taxanthin (2.40%) and $\beta$-cryptoxanthin (1.30%) were present in small amounts. Consequently, the wild flounder contained higher amounts of tunaxanthin and trios but contained lower amounts of lutein and zeaxanthin than the cultured flonder. The contents of carotenoids from integuments of wild and cultured yellow-tail were 1.08mg% and 0.09mg%. Wild and cultured yellowtail have similar carotenoid patterns, consisting of tunaxanthin C (44.11%, 43.37％), tunaxanthin B (33.56%, 29.23%) and tunaxanthin A (18.22%, 21.68%), respectively.
천연산 및 양식산 넙치와 방어의 표피 carotenoid를 TLC, column chromatography, UV-visible spectropho-tometer 및 co-TLC로 비교하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 넙치의 총 carotenoid함량은 양식산 1.16mg%로서 천연산 1.38mg%보다 낮은 함량치를 보였고, carotenoid조성은 양식산이 lutein, zeaxanthin, tunaxanthin, triol 및 $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin의 순으로 함유하였고, 천연산은 tunaxanthin, zeaxanthin, triol, lutein 및 $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin의 순으로 함유하며, 천연산은 양식산에 비하여 tunaxanthin, triol의 함량이 논은 반면, lutein, zeaxanthin의 함량에서 휠씬 낮은 함량치를 보여 차이가 있었다. 방어의 총 carotenoid함량은 양식산 0.09 mg%로서 천연산 1.08mg%보다 휠씬 낮은 함량치를 보였고, carotenoid조성은 양식산, 천연산 모두 tunax-anthin의 획분이 총 carotenoid의 약 95%로 대부분을 차지 하며, tunaxanthin은 tunaxanthin A, tunaxanthin B 및 tunaxanthin C의 세가지 혼합물로 확인되어 서로 유사하였으나, tunaxanthin A와 tunaxanthin B의 함량에서 다소의 차이를 보였다. 따라서 어류의 총 carotenoid 함량과 carotenoid의 구성성 분은 어종 뿐만 아니라 먹이와 생육조건 등의 서식환경에 의해서도 상당한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.
