Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
INQUIRY INTO THE IDENTITY OF THE GREEN COLOUR FROM THE SPINE OF THE SEA PIKE BY M. WAGENAAR. The sea pike (Belone belone L.) is one of the few fishes, where in the skeleton a grass-green substance is secreted, which i.a. is the reason that this specimen, as an article of consumption, is not much in demand in comparison to other fish, that have a colourless bone. A green colour always arouses the suspicion of the consumers when it is found in articles of food of animal origin. The sea pike is a very convincing example of this. No information is to be found in literature about the identity of this pigment. The mere fact of its occurrence is mentioned everywhere, but not a single notice is made concerning the chemical composition of this colouring matter. The most reasonable supposition is, that this pigment is related to the blood-colouririg matter, haemoglobin. In order to be able to collect some information about this, it was tried to gather this pigment from the spine by extraction. Not by a single liquid this could be accomplished, not even by pyridin, the well-known means of extraction for haemoglobin and its derivatives. Evidently
Archives Néerlandaises de Zoologie (in 1967 continued as Netherlands Journal of Zoology) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1940
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.