Amino Acid compositions of 27 food fishes and their importance in clinical nutrition.
Proteins and amino acids are important biomolecules which regulate key metabolic pathways and serve as precursors for synthesis of biologically important substances; moreover, amino acids are building blocks of proteins. Fish is an important dietary source of quality animal proteins and amino acids and play important role in human nutrition. In the present investigation, crude protein content and amino acid compositions of important food fishes from different habitats have been studied. Crude protein content was determined by Kjeldahl method and amino acid composition was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography and information on 27 food fishes was generated. The analysis showed that the cold water species are rich in lysine and aspartic acid, marine fishes in leucine, small indigenous fishes in histidine, and the carps and catfishes in glutamic acid and glycine. The enriched nutrition knowledge base would enhance the utility of fish as a source of quality animal proteins and amino acids and aid in their inclusion in dietary counseling and patient guidance for specific nutritional needs.
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Bimal
0000-0001-9749-9466
B
Mohanty
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Arabinda
A
Mahanty
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Satabdi
0000-0003-1249-491X
S
Ganguly
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682029, India.
T V
TV
Sankar
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 682018, India.
Kajal
K
Chakraborty
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682029, India.
Anandan
A
Rangasamy
ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751002, India.
Baidyanath
B
Paul
ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand 263136, India.
Debajit
D
Sarma
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682029, India.
Suseela
S
Mathew
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682029, India.
Kurukkan Kunnath
KK
Asha
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Bijay
B
Behera
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Md
M
Aftabuddin
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Dipesh
D
Debnath
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 682018, India.
P
P
Vijayagopal
ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751002, India.
N
N
Sridhar
ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand 263136, India.
M S
MS
Akhtar
ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand 263136, India.
Neetu
N
Sahi
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Tandrima
T
Mitra
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Sudeshna
S
Banerjee
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Prasenjit
0000-0003-3586-8822
P
Paria
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
Debajeet
D
Das
ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand 263136, India.
Pushpita
P
Das
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin 682018, India.
K K
KK
Vijayan
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 682029, India.
P T
PT
Laxmanan
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700120, India.
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AP
Sharma