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Biochemical Composition, Mineral Content and FTIR analysis on five different tissues of fresh water fish Heteropneustes fossilis in Tenkasi district

. M.Umamageshwari, S. Uma Rajeswari and R. Sivasakthi


Abstract

                   The nutritional qualities of Carbohydrate, Protein, Lipid, Moisture and Minerals of Heteropneustes fossilis were investigated. The investigation showed that the chemical composition is not the same in all fishes. It was also observed that the biochemical composition of fish depends mostly on size, age, sex, season, as well as breeding season. In this study the protein content was high in liver was found to be 111.317±0.37 and ovary in 106.033±0.33 Heteropneustes fossilis. The carbohydrate content was high in muscle and liver were 4.473±0.03, 4.417±0.19 respectively among the species. Lipids content was more in intestine 4.35±0.03. Comparatively less quantity of moisture are estimated in the ovary and liver. A mineral content like Calcium and Sodium content was high in liver was found to be 155.31, 95.370 ppm. Iron and potassium was high in ovary in 10.473, 42.504 ppm. All biochemical parameters differ significantly (P<0.001) among the species under investigation.  Research exploration has been conducted in order to find the better way for exercising the wastes product generated from food processing diligence. The present work is a compendium of information on biomedical and pharmaceutical uses of fish processing wastes.

Keywords: Heteropneustes fosilis, protein, lipid, liver, ovary, and minerals etc.

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