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Fatty acid and amino acid composition of three local Malaysian Channa spp. fish


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Ahmad, Zuraini and Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul and Mohd Hasan, Solihah and Goh, Yong Meng and Abdul Kadir, Arifah and Zakaria, Md Shater and Mat Jais, Abdul Manan and Rajion, Mohamed Ali and Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin and Somchit, Nhakhorn (2005) Fatty acid and amino acid composition of three local Malaysian Channa spp. fish. Food Chemistry, 97 (4). pp. 674-678. ISSN 0308-8146

Abstract

The objective of this current study was to analyze the biochemical compositions of three Malaysian Channa spp. fish. The proximate analysis revealed that the protein content of Channa lucius, Channa micropeltes and Channa striatus was 19.9%, 22.1%, 23.0% (% of dry weight), respectively. The total lipid content was generally high, ranging from 5.7% to 11.9% and crude ash ranged from 1.0% to 1.8%. The major amino acids were glutamic acid, aspartic acid and lysine, ranging from 9.7% to 21.7%, and the most abundant fatty acid in Channa spp. was C16:0, ranging from 25.6% to 30.4%. The other major fatty acids detected were C22:6, C18:1 and C18:0. The level of arachidonic acid (C20:4) was unusually high in C. striatus (19.02%). The levels of DHA in these fish would also explain the use of Channa spp., especially C. striatus, which has been used for centuries for reducing pain, inflammation and promote wound healing in Malaysia.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.04.031
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Fatty acids, Amino acids, Channa spp., Malaysian fish
Depositing User: Azizan Arshad
Date Deposited: 25 May 2010 09:06
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2015 03:34
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6973
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