Fatty oil composition of Osteobrama belangeri (Val.) from Manipur

Abstract

The fatty oil content of Osteobrama belangeri and its chemical compositions were determined by the 
analysis of fatty acid methyl esters using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass 
spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of eighteen compounds were identified constituting about 96.1% and 
96.7% of the crude head and body oils. Ten compounds were identified as major fatty acids in the oil 
and the main acids were oleic acid (38.3 and 35.1%), palmitic acid (27.3 and 23.9%), linoleic acid (12.6 
and 21.8%) and octadecanoic acid (8.7 and 7.7%) besides two trace fatty acids.