“…Lipid hydrolysis is influenced by the enzymes of fish tissues themselves and is not noticeably affected by microbial enzymes and is not carried out by nonenzymic processes (OlIey & Lovern, 1960). In some fish species and tissues, phospholipids (PL) alone have been found responsible for the formation of FFA Olley, Pirie & Watson, 1962;Bligh & Scott, 1966;Nair, Gopakumar & Nair, 1976), whereas in other studies triglycerides (TG) have been reported to break down into FFA (Addison, Ackman & Hingley, 1969;Awad, Powrie & Fennema, 1969;Bosund & Ganrot, 1969;Wood & Hintz, 1971;Braddock & Dugan, 1972;Nair et ul., 1978). Differences are also found in the susceptibilities of various phospholipid components to lipid hydrolysis (Bligh & Scott, 1966;Bosund & Ganrot, 1969;Wood & Hintz, 1971;Braddock & Dugan, 1972).…”