Nutrient Profile of Small Indigenous Fish Puntius sophore: Proximate Composition, Amino Acid, Fatty Acid and Micronutrient Profiles

Nutritive Profile of Sun Dried Fermented Mud Fish (Clarias Anguiliaris) and Tiger Fish (Hydrocynus Vittatus) Locally Known as Abil Alier Sold in Markets in South Sudan

“…The nutritional minerals observed in C. anguiliaris and H. vittatus fish were calcium, magnesium and zinc. Calcium was the highest mineral content as with other similar previous studies (Bogard et al, 2015;Mahanty et al, 2014). Calcium deficiency leads to the development of rickets especially in children (Craviari et al, 2008).…”

“…Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acid have been found to reduce hypertension, cancer, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and dementia (Davis & Kris-Etherton, 2003;Shahid & Miraliakbari, 2004). Fatty acid profiles of C. anguiliaris than H. vittatus showed that they both contain more SFA than PUFA which was different from Mahanty et al (2014) who reported more PUFA than SFA in P. sophore.…”

“…Fish is the richest source of long chain ὠ PUFA that improve human health and nutrition (Mahanty et al, 2014). Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acid have been found to reduce hypertension, cancer, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and dementia (Davis & Kris-Etherton, 2003;Shahid & Miraliakbari, 2004).…”

Amino Acid Composition of Ten Fish Species from Hel River, North-East India

“…Glycine was detected in all other fish species except L. pangusia, N. hexagonolepis and T. putitora (Table-1). Glycine helps in metabolic regulation, prevents tissue injury, increases antiantioxidant activity, promotes protein synthesis and wound healing, and improves immunity and treatment of metabolic disorders in obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, ischemiareperfusion injuries, cancer, and various inflammatory diseases [2,3,9]. It is seen from Table-1 that 11 different amino acids were detected in all the 10 fish species and these were phosphoserine (2.82 % in F-10 to 13.22 % in F-5), aspartic acid (0.55 % in F-7 to 6.43 % in F-1), glutamic acid (1.42 % in F-8 to 5.15 % in F-9), amino adipic acid (0.68 % in F-2 to 6.25 % in F-7), serine (1.97 % in F-7 to 13.63 % in F-3), taurine (1.96 % in F-1 to 18.08 % in F-3), 1-methyl histidine (1.57 % in F-1 to 11.24 % in F-9), ornithine (2.85 % in F-9 to 9.71 % in F-7), threonine (0.41 % in F-4 to 7.34 % in F-7), valine (0.82 % in F-3 to 10.35 % in F-4), and lysine (0.55 % in F-8 to 10.52 % in F-3).…”

“…Therefore, all the fish species of this investigation can serve as a good natural supplement for threonine, valine and lysine. Threonine is an essential amino acid used for treating several nervous system complaints including spinal spasticity, multiple sclerosis, familial spastic paraparesis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [2,3]. Valine involves in many metabolic pathways and is considered to be essential one for protein synthesis and optimal growth [11].…”