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Nutritive Value of Hard and Soft Shell Crabs of Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst)
M. Sudhakar, K. Manivannan and P. Soundrapandian
Corresponding Author: P. Soundarapandian
Submitted: 2009 July, 15
Accepted: 2009 August, 14
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Iin the present study, biochemical composition (protein, carbohydrate and lipid) including amino
acids and minerals w ere studied both soft and hard shell crabs of P.sanguinolentus. The protein, carbohydrate
and lipid contents w ere found to be higher in hard shell crabs than that of soft shell crabs. Totally 10 essential
amino acids were reported. Among these, 8 individual essential amino acids are reported in hard shell crabs
and 7 amino acids are recorded in soft shell crabs. The hard shell crabs totally contributed maximum amount
of essential amino acids (51.096%) and minimum was in soft shell crabs (43.627%).Among 10 nonessential
amino acids, 8 amino acids are reported in hard shell crabs and 7 amino acids are recorded in soft shell crabs.
Hard shell crabs totally contributed 53.783% of non essential amino acids and soft shell crabs 49.719%. In the
present study, totally 5 minerals were reported both hard and soft shell crabs. The hard shell crabs contributed
maximum (3.985mg) of minerals and minimum was in soft shell crabs (3.018 mg). The protein, carbohydrate
and lipid contents were found to be higher in hard shell crabs than that of soft shell crabs. The individual and
total amino acid (essential +non essential) contributions are much higher in hard shell crabs than soft shell
crabs. The total contribution of the minerals is higher in hard shell crabs when compared to soft shell crabs. So
hard shell crabs are declared superior over soft shell crabs in term s of nutritive value.
Key words: Blue crab, nutritive value, soft shell, amino acids, , ,
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M. Sudhakar, K. Manivannan and P. Soundrapandian, . Nutritive Value of Hard and Soft Shell Crabs of Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst). International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, (2): Page No: 44-48.
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