Abstract
To investigate the effects on pigmentation and carotenoids metabolism of sea bass, Lateolablax japonicus, by supplemented carotenoids, fish were fed the diets each containing ${\beta}$-carotene, lutein ester, astaxanthin, astaxanthin monoester and astaxanthin diester for 8 weeks. Carotenoids in the integuments were analyzed. The important carotenoids in the integuments of sea bass were tunaxanthin and lutein. ${\beta}$-carotene, ${\beta}$-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin and ${\beta}$-carotene triol were minor contributors. Differences in the content of ${\beta}$-carotene, tunaxanthin fraction and lutein were observed between the natural and cultured sea bass. The wild sea bass contained higher amounts of tunaxanthin fraction and lutein, but contained lower amounts of ${\beta}$-carotene than cultured sea bass. In cultured sea bass with supplemented carotenoids, carotenoid deposition was higher in order of astaxanthin monoester group, astaxanthin group and astaxanthin diester group. Based on the contents and composition of carotenoids in each group after the feeding the experimental diet, The metabolism of carotenoid in sea bass was presumed to be the reductive metabolic pathways: astaxanthin to tunaxanthin via ${\beta}$-carotene triol, zeaxanthin and lutein.
양식 농어에 대한 사료 carotenoids의 대사와 체색개선에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위하여 ${\beta}$-carotene, lutein ester, astaxanthin, astaxanthin monoester 및 astaxanthin diester의 첨가사료로서 8주간 사육하여 표피의 carotenoid성분을 분석, 비교 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 농어 표피의 carotenoid색소는 tunaxanthin획분과 lutein이 주성분을 이루고 있으며, 그 외 ${\beta}$-carotene, a-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin 및 ${\beta}$-carotene type triol이 소량으로 존재하였다. 한편, 천연산은 양식산에 비하여 tunaxanthin과 lutein의 함유비가 높은 반면 ${\beta}$-carotene의 함유비가 낮은 경향을 보여 서로 차이를 보였다. Carotenoid의 축적율은 astaxanthin monoester 첨가구에서 가장 높게 나타나서 체색선명화의 효과가 컸었으며, 그 다음으로 astaxanthin, astaxanthin diester첨가구의 순으로 나타났다. 사육시험후 각 시험구의 carotenoid함량과 조성으로 보아, 농어의 carotenoid대사경로는 astaxanthin이 ${\beta}$-carotene type triol, zeaxanthin, lutein을 거쳐 tunaxanthin으로 되는 환원적대사과정을 가지는 것으로 추정할 수 있었다.
(Department of Food and Nutrition, Yosu National Fisheries University)
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