Mineral Composition and Fatty Acid Profile of Smoked Horse Mackerel Trachurus Murphyi Using an Improved Fish Smoking Kiln

Esan O. Moses
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Esan O. Moses: Department of Fish Technology and Product Development, NIOMR, Victoria Island, Lagos

Journal of Biotechnology Research, 2019, vol. 5, issue 3, 28-34

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to determine the quality of mineral and fatty acid profile of imported horse mackerel Trachurus murphyi using the improved NIOMR fish smoking kiln. 20kg of frozen imported horse mackerel were obtained from Ijora frozen food market Lagos state, Nigeria. Samples were transported to the NIOMR Pilot plant for processing and commencement of chemical analysis. Results show that, the most abundant saturated fatty acid in the fish was Palmitic acid, with a value of 19.404%, while the most abundant monounsaturated fatty acid was Elaidic acid with a value of 12.63%. However, low values of polyunsaturated fatty acid was recorded in the fish species, and the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid is the Docosahexaenoic acid with a value of 2.297%. The most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid recorded is Linoleic acid (2.075 while the least abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid was eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5n-3). There was significant variation (p

Keywords: Smoking kiln; Fatty acid; Minerals composition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.32861/jbr.53.28.34

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