Estimation of proximate protein content from locally available freshwater fish from Ahmednagar city (M.S.) India

Abstract

Fish are equally important as food and for trade. Fisheries is an employment and income generating industry for millions all over the world. In present times of population explosion leading to food insecurity and malnutrition; especially, protein deficiency, fish as a source of animal protein has great significance. Keeping this in view, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the proximate protein content in various tissues of freshwater fish viz., Clarius, Channa, Pangasius and Oreochromis available in the local fish markets of Ahmednagar city of Maharashtra, India. The protein content estimated from tissues such as skeletal muscle, liver tissue, gill tissue and brain tissue provide nutritional information and points towards the protein rich tissues present in the fish under study. Maximum value of protein content i.e., 275.86 (µg/ml) was observed in the skeletal muscle of the fish Pangasius; which point towards the nutritional value of the freshwater fish from the study area. Minimum value of protein content i.e., 82.76 (µg/ml) was observed in the gill tissue of the fish Clarias and Pangasius.