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Carotenoids in different body components of Indian shrimps

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Title Carotenoids in different body components of Indian shrimps
 
Creator Sachindra, N. M.
Bhaskar, N.
Mahendrakar, N. S.
 
Subject 14 Carotenoid Chemistry
28 Meat, Fish & Poultry
 
Description The quantitative and qualitative distribution of carotenoids in different body components of
four species of shrimp (Penaeus monodon, Penaeus indicus, Metapenaeus dobsonii and Parapenaeopsis
stylifera) harvested from shallow waters off the Indian coast was assessed. The highest total carotenoid
contents were observed in the head (153.1 µgg−1) and carapace (104.7 µgg−1) of P stylifera, while the body
components of P indicus showed the lowest carotenoid levels. Astaxanthin and its mono- and diesters
were the major carotenoids (63.5–92.2% of total carotenoids) present in the carotenoid extracts from the
shrimps, while the extracts contained low levels of β-carotene and zeaxanthin. The major fatty acids in
the carotenoid extracts were palmitic, heptadecanoic, palmitoleic, stearic and oleic acids.
 
Date 2005
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/1770/1/J_Sci_Food_Agric_85_167-172_%282005%29.pdf
Sachindra, N. M. and Bhaskar, N. and Mahendrakar, N. S. (2005) Carotenoids in different body components of Indian shrimps. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 85. pp. 167-172.