International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 4
First page : (920) Last page : (924)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5438
Proximate Composition and Fatty Acid Profiling of Indian Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) off Ratnagiri, West Coast of India
Ajay Eknath Sonavane1*, J. M. Koli2, S. B. Patange3, S. D. Naik4 and A. S. Mohite5
1,2,3Department of Fish Processing Technology and Microbiology, College of Fisheries,
Shirgaon, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
4Department of Fisheries Biology, College of Fisheries, Shirgaon, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
5Department of Fisheries Engineering, College of Fisheries, Shirgaon, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ajaysonavane7711@gmail.com
Received: 14.08.2017 | Revised: 24.08.2017 | Accepted: 25.08.2017
ABSTRACT
In the present study proximate composition and fatty acid profile of Indian mackerel were analyzed. The percentage of moisture, protein, fat and ash content were 72.24%, 19.14%, 8.19% and 1.42 respectively. MUFA was most abundant (50%) fatty acid followed by PUFA (32.61%) and rest (17%) was SFA. Almost 17 major fatty acids were found in oil extracted from Mackerel. Overall, the most abundant fatty acids were C16:1, C18:1 and C20:5, which constituent about 28.93 %, 21.46 % and 20.65 % respectively. The nutritionally important PUFA was almost 32.61 % of the total fatty acid in which, n-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) were most abundant (32.57 % of the total fatty acid). The EPA was the dominated fatty acid in the n-3 fatty acid 20.65 % of the total fatty acids. SFA was 15.95 % in the total fatty acids with higher quantity of myristic acid. MUFA was 51.42 % in total fatty acids with higher quantity of palmitoleic acid. The present study demonstrates that mackerel is a cheap source of protein, rich in fat content and availability of different fatty acids which are considered as beneficial to human health.
Key words: Proximate composition, Fatty acid profile, Indian mackerel, EPA, DHA
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Cite this article: Sonavane, A.E., Koli, J.M., Patange, S.B., Naik, S.D. and Mohite, A.S., Proximate Composition and Fatty Acid Profiling of Indian Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) off Ratnagiri, West Coast of India, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(4): 920-924 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5438
