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Nutritional Evaluation of Indian Ocean Swimming Crab, Charybdis smithii (Portunidae), an Unconventional Crab Resource from the Indian Coast

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13373/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10498850.2019.1567638
https://doi.org/10.1080/10498850.2019.1567638
 
Title Nutritional Evaluation of Indian Ocean Swimming
Crab, Charybdis smithii (Portunidae), an
Unconventional Crab Resource from the Indian
Coast
 
Creator Yogesh Kumar, K
Dineshbabu, A P
Thomas, Sujitha
 
Subject Sea Food
Crustacean Fisheries
Crabs
 
Description Investigations were carried out to determine the nutritional profile of Indian
Ocean swimming crab Charybdis smithii, which is emerging as an unconventional resource in trawl discards of India. The average protein content was
9.38 g/100 g, fat 0.86 g/100 g, ash 0.34 g/100 g, fiber 0.13 g/100 g, and
carbohydrate 1.8 g/100 g. One-way analysis of variance showed no significant
variations of constituents except in dry matter and carbohydrate between
sexes. Macronutrients, Na (317.1, 327.6/100 g), K (148, 177.40 mg/100 g), Ca
(187.90, 285.80 mg/100 g), and Mg (34.31, 41.49 mg/100 g), showed significant variation between sexes. The composition of micronutrients in male and
female were Cu (0.28, 0.15 mg/100 g), Fe (0.57, 0.71 mg/100 g), and Zn (1.71,
2.75 mg/100 g). Mineral content showed significant difference between
sexes. Amino acid analysis showed that 12.04 and 11.47 g/100 g essential
amino acid glycine was present in male and female, respectively, and lysine
concentration was 13.96 and 12.65 g/100 g, respectively. The nutritional
profile of the species was determined the first time and shows that it is
comparable with any other edible crabs and could be exploited as
a commercial resource to supplement nutritional demand.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13373/1/Dineshbabu%20A%20P_2018_Journal%20of%20Aquatic%20Food%20Product%20Technology_Nutritional%20Evaluation%20of%20Indian%20Ocean%20Swimming%20Crab%20Charybdis%20smithii%20Portunidae%20an%20Unconventional%20Crab%20Resource%20from%20the%20Indian%20Coast.pdf
Yogesh Kumar, K and Dineshbabu, A P and Thomas, Sujitha (2018) Nutritional Evaluation of Indian Ocean Swimming Crab, Charybdis smithii (Portunidae), an Unconventional Crab Resource from the Indian Coast. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 27 (10). pp. 1-8.