title: Nutritional composition and microflora of the fresh and fermented skate (Raja Kenojei) skins.
abstract: The proximate compositions of fresh and fermented skate skin were each 75.95% and 74.5% moisture, 22.7% and 21.8% protein, 0.5% and 0.7% lipid and 0.6% and 0.9% ash, respectively. The predominant minerals were potassium and phosphorus (i.e. 53.5 and 33.0 mg/100 g in fresh skin, and 10.46 and 10.51 mg/100 g in fermented skin, respectively). Amino acid concentrations were lower in the fermented skin compared with the fresh skin. Histidine, glycine, alanine and glutamic acid were the major free amino acids in both skins. Palmitic acid (C16:0) was the major fatty acid in both fresh (16.68%) and fermented (20.38%) skate skin. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids were higher in fresh skin (22.17%) and fermented skin (24.54%) compared with omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The predominant microflora present in the both fresh and fermented skin were Photobacterium sp. and Vibrio sp. Total plate counts for the fresh and fermented skin were 2.4x10(4) CFU/g and 7.7x10(7) CFU/g, respectively.
authors: Department of Food Science and Technology & Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-757, South Korea.
authors: Soung-Hun
authors: SH
authors: Cho
authors: Michael L
authors: ML
authors: Jahncke
authors: Jong-Bang
authors: JB
authors: Eun
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D004602:Elements; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005285:Fermentation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004602:Elements; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids