International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences
Volume (4) - Issue (2), 2019 pp 75-79
Title
Comparison of proximate and fatty acid composition of shell of marine edible shrimps, Heterocarpus gibbosus (Bate, 1888) and Aristeus alcocki (Ramadan, 1938)
Author
R. Bharathi, D. Vigneshpriya and N. Krishnaveni
Abstract
The present study was carried out to assess the proximate and fatty acid compositions of two edible marine shrimp’s shell, Aristeus alcocki and Heterocarpus gibbosus collected from Mandapam coast, Tamil Nadu, India. The results of proximate composition showed the percentage of protein (3.12 mg/g), moisture (50.92 %), carbohydrate (1.29 mg/g), lipid (3.66 mg/g) and ash (19.56 %) contents were higher in shell of H. gibbosus compared to A. alcock (protein (2.14 mg/g), moisture (41.49 %), carbohydrate (1 mg/g), lipids (2.76 mg/g) and ash (16.10 %)). Likewise H. gibbosus contains fifteen fatty acids whereas A. alcocki contains twenty one fatty acids. The present study revealed that H. gibbosus and A. alcocki are having high saturated fatty acids and proximate composition which contribute to a good nutritional status.
Keywords
Shrimp shell, Proximate composition, Fatty acid, Nutritional status.
Article History
Received on 01/03/2019, Accepted on 21/03/2019, Published on 12/04/2019
