Proximate composition, Amino acid, Fatty acid and mineral analysis of box crab, Calappa lophus (Herbst, 1782) from Parangipettai, Southeast Coast of India

Determinations of Minerals in Marine Crab <i>Charybdis lucifera</i> (Fabricius, 1798)

“…Zinc was already reported in S.tranquebarica (Thirunavukkarasu, 2005), E.sinesnsis (Chen et al, 2007) Manganese is maximum in berried females (2.80mg) than females (1.62mg) and males (1.30mg) of C.lucifera. It is already reported in S.tranquebarica (Thirunavukkarasu, 2005 (Omotayo et al, 2013), C.natator (Soundarapandian et al, 2013c), P.vigil (Soundarapandian et al, 2014), C.lophous (Kathirvel et al, 2014) and S. hydrodroma (Varadharajan and Soundarapandian, 2014). Manganese is important for the development of bones.…”

“…Sodium is maximum (137.55 mg) and zinc is minimum In the present study sodium and potassium alone is contributed 50%. Calcium is maximum in berried females (22. (Omotayo et al, 2013), C.natator (Soundarapandian et al, 2013c) and P.vigil (Soundarapandian et al, 2014), C.lophous (Kathirvel et al, 2014) and S. hydrodroma (Varadharajan and Soundarapandian, 2014). Calcium also has an essential role in blood clotting, muscle contraction and nerve transmission.…”

“…Iron is maximum in berried females (2.58 mg) than females (1.42 mg) and males (1.04 mg). Iron was already reported in E.sinensis (Chen et al, 2007), C.amnicola (Moronkola et al, 2011), P. potamios (Bilgin and Fidanbas, 2011), C.amnicola and U.tangeri, (Udo Paul Jimmy and Vivian Nneka Arazu, 2012), C. armatum and C.amnicola (Omotayo et al, 2013), C.natator (Soundarapandian et al, 2013c) and P.vigil (Soundarapandian et al, 2014), C.lophous (Kathirvel et al, 2014) and S. hydrodroma (Varadharajan and Soundarapandian, 2014). Iron is one of the very important essential trace elements since it has several vital functions in the human system.…”

“…In individual contribution sodium is maximum in berried females (53.36mg) followed by females (46.71mg) and males (37.48mg) of C.lucifera. Sodium was already reported in P.sanguinolentus (Sudhakar et al, 2009), S.tranquebarica (Thirunavukkarasu, 2005), E.sinesnsis (Chen et al, 2007), C.amnicola (Moronkola et al, 2011), P. potamios (Bilgin and Fidanbas, 2011), C.amnicola and U.tangeri, (Udo Paul Jimmy and Vivian Nneka Arazu, 2012), Cardisoma armatum and C.amnicola (Omotayo et al, 2013), C.natator (Soundarapandian et al, 2013c), P.vigil (Soundarapandian et al, 2014), C.lophous (Kathirvel et al, 2014) and S. hydrodroma (Varadharajan and Soundarapandian, 2014). Sodium is the principal cation of the extra cellular fluid and regulator of its volume.…”

Fatty Acid Profile of Freshwater Crab (Paratelphusha lamellifrons) from Padma River of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

“…The carapace of the species was boarder than long, robust, not deep, dorsal surface flat in dorsal and frontal views, gently convex, smooth except postorbital cristae and lateral margins [16]. Morphology, biology as well as biochemical and fatty acid composition of crab have been extensively investigated by many researchers from different parts of the world [17][18][19][20][21][22] including Bangladesh [23][24][25][26][27][28][29] and remained neglected of the world's inland aquatic ecosystem although they qualify themselves as a nutrient rich food item and important from ecological as well as economical point of view, So, the aim of the present study is to investigate the fatty acid composition of freshwater crab (Paratelphusa lamellifrons) caught from Padma river near Rajshahi city, Bangladesh to enrich its nutritional information to explore the utilization of these species in some extent.…”