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JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 373-383Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4549.2009.00429.x
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In this experiment, the heads of Nile tilapia were used as a raw material to produce flour through cooking, grinding, drying and sieving processes. The flour obtained was stored for 90 days in a refrigerator and shelf time was monitored by chemical methods (acid number [AN] and thiobarbituric acid [TBA] test), fatty acid composition and microbiological methods. The proximate composition was: moisture (6.01%), ash (19.38%), proteins (38.41%) and total lipids (35.46%). Thirty-six fatty acids were found in the lipidic fraction. The predominant ones were 16:0, 18:1n-9 and 18:2n-6. The fatty acids of the series n-3, 18:3n-3 (alpha-linolenic acid), 18:2n-6 (linolenic acid), 20:5n-3 (eicosapentaenoic acid) and 22:6n-3 (docosahexaenoic acid) were found in smaller proportion. No changes were detected in the flour stored for 90 days as to polyunsaturated fatty acids and microbiological analysis. The AN remained constant up to 60 days of storage and TBA values increased throughout the 90-day storage.
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