Nutritional Quality, Proximate and Fatty Acid Compositions of Commercially Important Fish from Different Rivers in SE Türkiye: A Comparative Research

Authors : İhsan EKİN
Pages : 168-179
Doi:10.26650/ASE20231260198
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Publication Date : 2023-07-24
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Nutritional quality, proximate and fatty acid compositions of fish species from the Khabur, Ambar and Tigris Rivers in SE Türkiye were investigated for the first time. The fish with the lowest total lipids were Mastacembelus mastacembelus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.93%); and Carasobarbus luteus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.99%);, and the fish with the highest total lipid was Chondrostoma regium from the Tigris River insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(7.47%);. The highest cholesterol content was in Barbus lacerta insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(26.3 mg/100 g); and Capoeta umbla insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(29.98 mg/100g); of the Ambar Stream. However, the Tigris River Cyprinus carpio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(7.9 mg/100g); and C. luteus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(7.91 mg/100g); had the lowest cholesterol. The results showed that all species are good sources of ΣSFA and ΣMUFA, specifically C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C16:1ω7 and C18:1ω9. However, the fish were poor for ω6 and ω3, particularly C20:4ω6, C20:5ω3 and C22:6ω3, probably due to hot water adaptation in summer. Nevertheless, C. carpio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Tigris River); and A. mossulensis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Khabur River); had relatively high ΣPUFA. Among all the fish, C. regium and A. mossulensis from the Khabur River were good for protein, and M. mastacembelus, C. luteus, C. carpio and C. trutta from the Tigris River can be recommended as lean fish. Finally, the results could be useful for fisheries industries and they could also guide studies of nutrition and fish physiology.
Keywords : Fish, Nutritional quality, Khabur River, Ambar Stream, Tigris River

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