Nutritional Assessment of Some Nigerian Land and Water Snail Species.

Eneji, CA; Ogogo, AU; Emmanuel-Ikpeme, CA; Okon, OE

doi:10.4314/ejesm.v1i2.41581

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“…al., (2008) but it could depend on cooling time (Imeubore and Ademosum 1998). The ash content and subsequent qualities of the mineral components of P. ampullacea agrees with the work of Eneji et. al., (2008) who have observed that aquatic snails had higher mineral contents than land snails.…”

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“…The nitrogen free extract value of 7.66% was observed for P. ampullacea which falls within the range observed by Eneji et. al., (2008) but it could depend on cooling time (Imeubore and Ademosum 1998).…”

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“…This element is important for red blood formation, therefore aquatic snail can be recommended for pregnant women and children. Magnesium content of P. ampullacea was found to be 30.89mg/100g which falls within the range found by Eneji et. al., (2008) for Nucella lapillus.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The results obtained from this study showed that Pila ampullacea an aquatic snail appears in the river between the months of May -September. The moisture content of 76.32% + 0.84 obtained from the snail falls within the range of 73.67 -99.20% that has been reported on snails by Wosu (2003) and Eneji et. al., (2008) although it was smaller than what has been reported for Pila globosa (85.5%) and Whelk (66.17%) found in Europe, Asia and Africa.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…It has been observed that the low crude fibre of P. ampullacea, an aquatic snail is due to swimming activity of the snails in water which is more strenuous than crawling on land. Thus aquatic snails are tougher than land snails (Eneji et. al., 2008).…”

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Proximate composition and mineral content of the Fresh water snail (Pila ampullacea) from River Benue, Nigeria.

Obande¹

2013

IOSR-JESTFT

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The nutritional composition and mineral contents of the fresh water snail (Pila ampullacea) from Lower River Benue was investigated. This was carried out using the methods outline in Association for Official Analytical Chemist (A.O.A.C. 1995) in the Vertinary Research Institute Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria. The results obtained showed that the snail contained 76.32%±0.84 moisture, 10.67%± 0.15 protein, 0.06%± 0.02 lipids, 5.54% ±0.11 ash, 0.03%± 0.01 crude fiber and 7.40%± 0.06 Nitrogen free extract. The following minerals were found to be present in the snail. These were calcium 129.18± 0.77mg/100g, potassium 71.13 ±0.51mg/100g, phosphorous 60.52 ±0.35mg/100g, iron 10.19 ±0.19, sodium 0.04± 0.01mg/100g, magnesium 31.19± 0.57mg/100g and zinc 1.31± 0.03mg/100g. This study therefore places P. ampullacea as a good source 0f major and micro-elements and a good source of healthy food for proper growth and development of the body. Its production either from the wild or cultured environment could be a good source of income for the teaming population.

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confidence: 89%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

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confidence: 85%

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