Gulf menhaden oil

TABLE 11. Volatile Aldehydes Identified in the Gulf Menhaden Oil (54). 

After considering the many analyses of fish oils available, the author concluded that there was only one basic fatty acid composition of fish oils from coldwater or from northern latitudes (27). Generally this is typified by menhaden oil, a species that feeds exclusively by filtering phytoplankton out of the ocean water in the Gulf of Mexico or in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States or the... 

Means of three determinations. Data within colunm bearing different superscripts differ significantly at p > 0.05. Difference between Gulf and Atlantic menhaden oils was not determined. 

Besides sardines, menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), a member of the herring family, is the mainstay of the USA Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico fisheries. The oil from menhaden was consumed in Europe as a food oil for well over 60... 

Menhaden fish Brevoortia tyrannus or munnawhatteaug. An inedible fish found in American Atlantic and Gulf waters. Used for fertilizer, oil, or bait. 

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