Indian Journal of Animal Research

  • Chief EditorK.M.L. Pathak

  • Print ISSN 0367-6722

  • Online ISSN 0976-0555

  • NAAS Rating 6.50

  • SJR 0.263

  • Impact Factor 0.4 (2024)

Frequency :
Monthly (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December)
Indexing Services :
Science Citation Index Expanded, BIOSIS Preview, ISI Citation Index, Biological Abstracts, Scopus, AGRICOLA, Google Scholar, CrossRef, CAB Abstracting Journals, Chemical Abstracts, Indian Science Abstracts, EBSCO Indexing Services, Index Copernicus
Submit

Research Article

Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 54 issue 10 (october 2020) : 1246-1250

Chemical composition, amino acid and fatty acid profiles of Lionfish Pterois volitans from the Alacranes reef, southern Gulf of Mexico

Irma Aranda-González, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera, Luis Chel-Guerrero, Santiago Gallegos-Tintoré, David Betancur-Ancona
1Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Periférico Norte Km. 33.5, Tablaje Catastral 13615, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo Inn. Mérida, Yucatán, México C.P. 97203.
Cite article:- Aranda-González Irma, Aguilar-Perera Alfonso, Chel-Guerrero Luis, Gallegos-Tintoré Santiago, Betancur-Ancona David (2019). Chemical composition, amino acid and fatty acid profiles of Lionfish Pterois volitans from the Alacranes reef, southern Gulf of Mexico. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 54(10): 1246-1250. doi: 10.18805/ijar.B-1041.

ABSTRACT

The chemical and nutritional composition of fillet from Lionfish Pterois volitans L. captured in “Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes (PNNA)” in the Gulf of Mexico were investigated. The average chemical composition in dry weight basis of fillets was 25.41 % protein, 5.65 % ash, 0.82 % fat and 0.79 % fiber. The moisture in fresh fillet was 77.8 % on average. The fatty acids in greater proportion were SFA, followed by PUFA and MUFA, and with a w-3/w-6 ratio of 2.33. Docosahexaenoic acid was the most predominant (34.84 %). The most abundant amino acids were phenylalanine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, isoleucine and lysine. Given its nutritionist profile, consumption of lionfish fillet could be a solution to control the invasive Lionfish population in the Gulf of Mexico.

REFERENCES

  1. Alaiz, M., Navarro, J.L., Girón, J., Vioque, E. (1992). Amino acid analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography after derivatization with diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate. Journal of Chromatography A. 591:181-186. DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(92)80236-N.
  2. AOAC (1997). Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, 20th ed. Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Washington, D.C, USA.
  3. Bado-Navarro, B., CarrenÞo-Montoya, O., Cabrera-Duraìn, E., Codina, G. (2012). Alternativas tecnoloìgicas para enfrentar la invasioìn del Pez Leoìn (Pterois volitans, Linnaeus 1758) en el Caribe Colombiano. Especialidad en Gestioìn Ambiental. Universidad del Magdalena, Colombia. 
  4. Das, S., Paul, B.N., Sengupta, J., Datta, A.K. (2009). Beneficial effects of fish oil to human health: a review. Agricultural Review, 30:199-205. 
  5. Gautam, K., Nazar, A.R., Nabisa Begum, A.H., Marisamy P. and Anand Ganesh, E. (2014). Variation in the fatty acid profile of lion fishes Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) of Parangipettai coast, Tamil Nadu, India. Advances in Applied Science Research 5:166-172. 
  6. Kaya, Y. and Kocatepe, D. (2014). Chemical composition and nutritional quality of Scorpion fish (Scorpaena porcus, Linnaeus 1758) muscle. Indian Journal of Animal Research 48:83-87. DOI: 10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.1.018. 
  7. Morales-Medina, R., Tamm, F., Guadix, A.M., Guadix, E.M. and Drusch, S. (2016). Functional and antioxidant properties of hydrolysates of sardine (S. pilchardus) and horse mackerel (T. mediterraneus) for the microencapsulation of fish oil by spray-drying. Food Chemistry 194:1208-1216. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.08.122. 
  8. Morris, J.A. Jr., Thomas, A., Rhyne, A.L., Breen, N., Akins, L. and Nash, B. (2011). Nutritional properties of the invasive lionfish: A delicious and nutritious approach for controlling the invasion. AACL Bioflux. 4:21-26. 
  9. Simopoulos, A.P. (2016). An increase in the Omega-6/Omega-3 fatty acid ratio increases the risk for obesity. Nutrients 8:128-145. DOI: 10.3390/nu8030128. 
  10. Strobel, C., Jahreis, G. and Kuhnt, K. (2012). Survey of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish and fish products. Lipids in Health and Disease 11:144. DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-144.
  11. Tørris, C., Småstuen, M.C. and Molin, M. (2018). Nutrients in fish and possible associations with cardiovascular disease risk factors in metabolic syndrome. Nutrients 10:952-969. DOI: 10.3390/nu10070952. 
  12. Turan, H., Kocatepe, D. (2014). Effects of traditional cooking methods on the fatty acid composition of bonito (Sarda sarda, Bloch 1793). Indian Journal of Animal Research 48:177-181. DOI-10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.2.037 
  13. Weaver, K.L., Ivester, P., Chilto, J.A., Wilson, M.D., Pandey, P., Chilton, F.H. (2008). The content of favorable and unfavorable polyunsaturated fatty acids found in commonly eaten fish. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 108:1178-1185. DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.04.023. 
Reviewed By

Download Article
In this Article
    Contact us
    Follow us

    Editorial Board

    View all (0)