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Energy source in the developing eggs of the Indian horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller)

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Title Energy source in the developing eggs of the Indian horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller)
 
Creator Chatterji, A.
Aguiar, Q.
Saldanha, C.
 
Subject biochemical composition
wet weight
dry weight
water content
ash content
proteins
carbohydrates
lipids
glycogen
eggs
developmental stages
Tachypleus gigas
 
Description Wet weight, dry weight, water content, ash weight, soluble and insoluble proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and glycogen were determined from 0 to 40th day after fertilization of the developing eggs of the Indian horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas. The water and ash content increased steadily from 34.12 to 81.35% and 6.35 to 12.00% respectively from 0 to 40th day after fertilization. Dry weight of the developing eggs decreased with increase in the stages of development. The protein values increased from 7.02 to 11.53 mg/100 mg; insoluble protein fraction decreased rapidly from 43.15 to 26.01 mg/100 mg with the development of the eggs. The carbohydrate content decreased from 10.65 to 4.53 mg/100 mg. Similarly, the lipid content decreased relatively and varied from 33.15 to 27.35 mg/100 only in the later stages of development. The glycogen decreased considerably from 3.07 to 0.09 mg/100 mg.
 
Date 2009-01-20T12:18:33Z
2009-01-20T12:18:33Z
1996
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Aquaculture in Tropics, Vol.11; 271-276p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2166
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1996]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Oxford and IBH