Pangasius Fish Skin and Swim Bladder as Gelatin Sources for Hard Capsule Material

Table 1

Proximate analysis of Pangasius waste materials.

Parameter (% w/w)	Skin		Swim bladder
	This work	Pangasius sutchi [10]	This work	Pangasius hypophthalmus [11]
Moisture	39.08 ± 0.65	50.03 ± 0.27	71.24 ± 0.20	73.9 ± 0.50
Ash	0.26 ± 0.020	4.14 ± 0.18	0.10 ± 0.01	0.89 ± 0.10
Fat	12.33 ± 0.23	6.95 ± 0.17	0.25 ± 0.01	3.77 ± 0.10
Protein	39.75 ± 0.12	30.91 ± 0.28	27.56 ± 0.37	20.50 ± 0.20