Assessment of magnesium content of three fish species from three bays in northeastern Mediterranean Sea

Authors : Ece KILIÇ, Alper YANAR, Mehmet Fatih CAN, Ayşe Bahar YILMAZ

Pages : 10-16

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Publication Date : 2019-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Magnesium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Mg); is crucial for all cells of all known living organism.  In this study, the accumulation of the magnesium in the tissues insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(muscle-M, skin-S, liver-L, and intestine-I); of selected fish species insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Siganus rivulatus, Mullus barbatus, Solea solea); from the three bays insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(İskenderun, Mersin, and Antalya); locating in North-Eastern Mediterranean was examined in a comparative context. The minimum and maximum values of the Mg accumulation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( in µg g-1w.wt); in the tissues of fish were found as; S. rivulatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(150 -390);, Mullus barbatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(80-310);, Solea solea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(170-280);.  The pattern of the mean Mg accumulation among the organs for M. barbatus and S.solea from İskenderun and Mersin Bays was the same as I>L>S>M, while M. barbatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(I>S>M>L); and S. solea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L>I>M>S); from Antalya Bay were different. For S. rivulatus the pattern was almost same in three bays as I>S>M>L. Based on Discriminant Analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DFA); and SIMPER insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Similarity Percentage);, overall average dissimilarities among the fish species and bays concerning Mg accumulations were 47.37 % and 44.4 %, respectively. Patterns showed that intestine produced the most dissimilarities, while muscle the lowest. From point of view human nutrition, Mg accumulation in muscle, as an edible part of fish, was not significantly important both among fish species and bays.  
Keywords : Mullus barbutus, Solea solea, Siganus rivulatus, Magnesium, Discriminant Analysis