Amino Acid Compositions of 27 Food Fishes and Their Importance in Clinical Nutrition
Table 1
Amino acid composition and protein content of 27 food fishes from India.
(a)
Amino acids (g 100 g−1 protein)
Catla catla
Labeo rohita
Cirrhinus mrigala
Sperata seenghala
Clarias batrachus
Heteropneustes fossilis
Anabas testudineus
Puntius sophore
Amblypharyngodon mola
Fresh water fishes
Essential amino acids (EAAs)
Argc
nd
nd
His
Iso
Leuc
Lys
nd
Metc
Phe
nd
Thr
Tyrc
nd
nd
nd
Val
Trpc
Cysc
nd
nd
nd
Gluac
Glyac
Proac
Nonessential amino acids (NEAAs)
Ala
Aspc
Ser
Crude protein (%)
(b)
Amino acids (g 100 g−1 protein)
Tor putitora
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Schizothorax richardsonii
Cyprinus carpio
Tenualosa ilisha
Sardinella longiceps
Nemipterus japonicus
Thunnus albacares
Cold water fishes
Anadromous
Marine fishes
Essential amino acids (EAA)
Argc
nd
His
Iso
Leuc
Lys
Metc
Phe
Thr
Tyrc
nd
nd
Val
Trpc
nd
Cysc
nd
nd
nd
nd
Gluac
Glyac
Proac
Nonessential amino acids (NEAA)
Ala
Asp
nd
Ser
Crude protein (%)
(c)
Amino acids (g 100 g−1 protein)
Stolephorus waitei
Stolephorus commersonii
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Katsuwonus pelamis
Epinephelus spp
Leiognathus splendens
Trichiurus lepturus
Crassostrea madrasensis
Perna viridis
Marine fishes
Bivalve molluscs
Essential amino acids (EAA)
Argc
nd
nd
His
nd
Iso
Leuc
Lys
Metc
Phe
Thr
Tyrc
nd
Val
Trpc
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
Cysc
nd
nd
nd
Gluac
nd
nd
Glyac
nd
nd
Proac
nd
nd
Nonessential amino acids (NEAA)
Ala
nd
Asp
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
Ser
nd
nd
Crude protein (%)
Classification of AA as nutritionally “essential” or “nonessential” or “conditionally essential” is as per Wu 2013 [12].
aConditionally essential amino acids; cfunctional amino acids as per human nutrition (Wu 2010, 2013) [1, 12]. Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation of three replicates; nd: not detected.