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Inter-annual and seasonal dynamics of amino acid, mineral and vitamin composition of silver belly Leiognathus splendens

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Title Inter-annual and seasonal dynamics
of amino acid, mineral and vitamin
composition of silver belly Leiognathus
splendens
 
Creator Chakraborty, Kajal
Joseph, Deepu
 
Subject Biochemistry
Silverbellies
 
Description Silver bellies, Leiognathus splendens were studied for their spatial (south-west and south-east coasts of India), annual (2008–
2011) and seasonal (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon) variations of protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals.
The monthly mean Sea Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor data for the period from January 2008 to December 2011 were
taken into account to indicate the distribution of the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll-a to test the hypothesis that surface
productivity might be related to nutritional biochemistry of this species. The four year average total protein content and
chlorophyll-a showed good correlation during monsoon on the south-west coast and monsoon/post-monsoon on the southeast
coast, suggesting that the protein content is prejudiced by the chlorophyll-a concentration. Amino acid scores observed
monsoon maxima along the south-west and south-east coasts. Significant seasonal variations in vitamin content were
observed at the study locations with high content of vitamins D3, E, K1 and C on the south-west coast. Na content was
maximal during pre-monsoon on the south-west coast, while post-monsoon maxima of Ca and K content were observed.
The Fe, Mn and Zn were abundant in the samples collected from the south-west coast. The concentration of Se exhibited
maximum values post-monsoon along the south-west and south-east coasts. The present study demonstrated L. splendens
as a valuable source of the protein, amino acids, minerals and vitamins, showing that this low-value species is a good
source of well balanced proteins with high biological value to be qualified as a preferred healthy food for human consumption.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10789/1/JMAUK_Inter-annual%20and%20seasonal%20dynamics_Kajal.pdf
Chakraborty, Kajal and Joseph, Deepu (2015) Inter-annual and seasonal dynamics of amino acid, mineral and vitamin composition of silver belly Leiognathus splendens. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 95 (4). pp. 817-828.