A study of total protein, fat and ash contents of sea urchins: Diadema setosum (Leske) Stomopneustes varioliaris (Lamark) and Echinometra mathaei (De blainville).
A study was carried out to investigate the total protein, fat, and ash contents from eggs, globiferous pedicellariae muscles, and spine stalks of three species of sea urchins, Diadema setosum, Stomopneustes varioliaris, and Echinometra mathaei. Percent mean total protein and fat contents were high in the eggs and in globiferous pedicellariea muscles per gramme dry weight tissues. Spine stalks had a high percentage mean content of 87.03 not equal to 3.53 per cent per gramme dry weight tissues. The result showed no significant difference between D. setosum and S. variolaris in protein content in eggs. The difference of fat and ash content in globiferous pedicellaria muscles and spine stalks respectively were not significant in all three species of sea urchins.
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| Format: | Journal Contribution biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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| Subjects: | Tissues, Body conditions, Echinoderm fisheries, Proteins, Dry weight, Ash content, Echinometra mathaei, Diadema setosum, Stomopneustes varioliaris, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/6735 |
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| Summary: | A study was carried out to investigate the total protein, fat, and ash contents from eggs, globiferous pedicellariae muscles, and spine stalks of three species of sea urchins, Diadema setosum, Stomopneustes varioliaris, and Echinometra mathaei. Percent mean total protein and fat contents were high in the eggs and in globiferous pedicellariea muscles per gramme dry weight tissues. Spine stalks had a high percentage mean content of 87.03 not equal to 3.53 per cent per gramme dry weight tissues. The result showed no significant difference between D. setosum and S. variolaris in protein content in eggs. The difference of fat and ash content in globiferous pedicellaria muscles and spine stalks respectively were not significant in all three species of sea urchins. |
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