Proximate composition, fatty acid analysis and protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score of three Mediterranean cephalopods

Autor: Angelos Sagredos, Christian Feist, Kostas Laskaridis, Spiros Zlatanos
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 50:967-970
ISSN: 1613-4133
1613-4125
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200600003
Popis: Proximate composition, fatty acid analysis and protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) in three commercially important cephalopods of the Mediterranean sea (cuttlefish, octopus and squid) were determined. The results of the proximate analysis showed that these species had very high protein:fat ratios similar to lean beef. Docosahexaenoic, palmitic and eicosipentaenoic acid were the most abundant fatty acids among analyzed species. The amount of n-3 fatty acids was higher than that of saturated, monounsaturated and n-6 fatty acids. Despite the fact that cephalopods contain small amounts of fat they were found quite rich in n-3 fatty acids. Finally, PDCAAS indicated that these organisms had a very good protein quality.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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