Nutritional Composition and Fatty Acid Profile of Commercially Important Mullet Species in the Köyceğiz Lagoon

Yunus ALPARSLAN; Cansu METİN; Hatice HASANHOCAOĞLU YAPICI; Zerrin EKŞİ; Ümran ATEŞ; Taçnur BAYGAR

doi:10.26650/ASE2019598683

Nutritional Composition and Fatty Acid Profile of Commercially Important Mullet Species in the Köyceğiz Lagoon

Authors : Yunus ALPARSLAN, Cansu METİN, Hatice HASANHOCAOĞLU YAPICI, Zerrin EKŞİ, Ümran ATEŞ, Taçnur BAYGAR

Pages : 131-137

Doi:10.26650/ASE2019598683

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Publication Date : 2019-09-16

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present study is aimed to detect the nutritional composition and fatty acids profile of two different Mullet species caught from the/a fish barrier in Köyceğiz Lagoon insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Muğla, Turkey); over a period of 12 months. A nutritional composition insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(protein, lipid, moisture and ash); and fatty acids profile were carried out for each commercially important mullet species; Mugil cephalus and Chelon saliens using standard measurement methods and gas chromatography insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GC);, respectively. The nutritional composition of the species showed differences depending on the harvesting and spawning seasons. Two mullet species had the highest fat content insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05); in spawning time, while moisture content was low insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05); during the same period. Predominant fatty acids for two different mullet species were myristic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid as saturated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SFA);; palmitoleic acid, oleic acid and cis-11-eicosenoic acid as monounsaturated fatty acids insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MUFAs);; linoleic, cis-8, 11, 14- eicosatrienoic, eicosapentaenoic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EPA); and docosahexaenoic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DHA); as polyunsaturated fatty acids insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PUFAs);. The nutritional and fatty acid composition content of species varied due to the harvesting season, reproduction period and age of the fish. The results exhibited that mullet species during the reproductive period have higher lipid content and fatty acid composition, especially in terms of EPA and DHA.
Keywords : Mullet species, nutritional composition, fatty acids profile, EPA, DHA

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