Mohammad Al-Shehabi (1)*, Bassam Al-Oklah (2) , Hala Khaled (3) and Nour Haj Masoud (2)
(1). Food Technology Department, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Damascus, Syria.
(2). Department of Food and Industrial Technologies, General Authority for Biotechnology, Damascus, Syria.
(3). Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Hama, Hama, Syria.
(*Correspondent: Dr. Muhammad Al-Shehabi: Email: mohamadalshehabi@yahoo.com).
Received: 14/02/2024 Accepted: 13/07/2024
Abstract:
The current research aimed to evaluate the nutritional value of some fish species in Syria, taken from fish market in the city of Latakia in September 2022, and this research included three fish species namely, bogue (Boops boops), mullet (Liza aurata), and palmida (Engraulis sp.). The nutritional value study included determination of the percent of proteins, fats, and calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphor, iron, magnesium, zinc and fatty acids composition focusing on polyunsaturated fatty acids especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), due to their importance in human nutrition, in addition of determination of moisture and ash. Results revealed that palmida showed the highest content of protein at 25.48%, and the lowest content in bogue at 22.13%; while the highest content of fat was recoded in bogue at 5.33%, and lowest fat content in palmida at 2.48%. The calcium contents were almost equal in all studied species, and ranged between 20.51 mg/100 g in bogue and 18.42 mg/100 g in palmida, and the highest contents of phosphor and iron were recorded in mullet at 625 and 3.40 mg/100 g, respectively, and the highest contents of sodium, magnesium and zinc were recorded in bogue at 92.51, 78.51 and 0.80 mg/100 g, respectively, while the highest content of potassium was recorded in palmida at 285.70 mg/100 g. The highest content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was recorded in bogue at 24.61%, and lowest content of PUSFA was recorded in palmida at 12.45%, and the highest content of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) in mullet at 32.82% and lowest content in palmida at 20.67%. The highest content of EPA was found in mullet at 4.48% and the lowest content was found in palmida at 3.52%, and the highest content of DHA was found in bogue at 13.22% followed by palmida at 11.34%, and finally mullet at 2.32%.
Keywords: chemical composition, EPA, DHA.
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