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Proximate Composition, Amino acid, Fatty acid and Inorganic Matter of Apple Snail  

Oh, Byung-Tae (Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeonsang National University)
Choi, Sung-Gil (Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeonsang National University)
Cho, Sook-Hyun (Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Cho, Sung-Hwan (Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeonsang National University)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.13, no.6, 2006 , pp. 749-753 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the nutritive components of apple snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata, with different parts such as shell, viscera and muscle. The average content of moisture, crude fat, crude protein, carbohydrate and ash in the muscle of apple snail were $74.8{\pm}1.2%,\;0.6{\pm}0.0%,\;12.7{\pm}1.0%,\;7.9{\pm}1.0%$ and $4.2{\pm}0.6%$ respectively. The shell of apple snail contained above 97% ash. Amino acid analysis showed that the major amino acids of muscle were in order of arginine (31.7%), alanine (21.2%) and glutamic acid (7.1%) among total 17 amino acids, while those of viscera were tyrosine (24.5%) and alanine (12.4%) and arginine (11.4%). On the other hand, the major minerals of muscle were P (8.12 mg%), Ca (42.27 mg%), and Mg (4.04 mg%), while those of shell were Ca (54.66 mg%), P (3.9 mg%), and Na (2.33 mg%). The saturated fatty acid in different pare of apple snail was shown to be 1.6% in muscle, 5.3% in viscera, and 4.2% shell. These results imply that apple snail can be used as a good nutritional source with high protein and low fat content.
Keywords
apple snail; nutritive component; amino acid; mineral; fatty acid;
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