Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads

Sea urchin gonads or roes are luxurious culinary and medicinal ingredient of which quality is greatly influenced by their biochemical compositions. This study aimed to assess and compare nutritional compositions between roe of male and female black long-spined urchin (Diadema setosum) inhabiting a t...

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Main Authors: Khong, Nicholas Mun Hoe, Md. Yusoff, Fatimah, Rahman, Md. Aminur, Kuppan, Perumal
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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Md. Yusoff, Fatimah
Rahman, Md. Aminur
Kuppan, Perumal
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description Sea urchin gonads or roes are luxurious culinary and medicinal ingredient of which quality is greatly influenced by their biochemical compositions. This study aimed to assess and compare nutritional compositions between roe of male and female black long-spined urchin (Diadema setosum) inhabiting a tropical coastal area of Malaysia. The proximate nutritional composition of both male and female roe exhibited an order of protein > carbohydrate > lipid, which is contradictory to that of temperate D. setosum. Major amino acids in D. setosum roe were glycine, glutamate, aspartate, leucine and lysine whereas dominant fatty acids were C14:0, C16:0, C16:1, C18:1 n-9; C20:4 n-6 and C20:5 n-3. The ratio of essential amino acids to non-essential amino acids; unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) to saturated fatty acids (SFA); as well as PUFA to saturated fatty acids of roe from either gender were found to be similar i.e. 0.6, 1.2 and 0.5 respectively. Prominent protein as well as AHA and EPA content suggest D. setosum roe as an interesting subject recommended for investigation as active ingredient in nutraceutical, functional food and pro-health formulations. This study is also the first to illustrate some variations between tropical and temperate species of D. setosum.
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spelling upm-507392017-03-02T06:22:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50739/ Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads Khong, Nicholas Mun Hoe Md. Yusoff, Fatimah Rahman, Md. Aminur Kuppan, Perumal Sea urchin gonads or roes are luxurious culinary and medicinal ingredient of which quality is greatly influenced by their biochemical compositions. This study aimed to assess and compare nutritional compositions between roe of male and female black long-spined urchin (Diadema setosum) inhabiting a tropical coastal area of Malaysia. The proximate nutritional composition of both male and female roe exhibited an order of protein > carbohydrate > lipid, which is contradictory to that of temperate D. setosum. Major amino acids in D. setosum roe were glycine, glutamate, aspartate, leucine and lysine whereas dominant fatty acids were C14:0, C16:0, C16:1, C18:1 n-9; C20:4 n-6 and C20:5 n-3. The ratio of essential amino acids to non-essential amino acids; unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) to saturated fatty acids (SFA); as well as PUFA to saturated fatty acids of roe from either gender were found to be similar i.e. 0.6, 1.2 and 0.5 respectively. Prominent protein as well as AHA and EPA content suggest D. setosum roe as an interesting subject recommended for investigation as active ingredient in nutraceutical, functional food and pro-health formulations. This study is also the first to illustrate some variations between tropical and temperate species of D. setosum. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50739/1/Nutritional%20quality%20of%20tropical%20black%20long-spined%20urchin%2C%20Diadema%20setosum%20gonads%20a%20comparative%20analysis%20between%20male%20and%20female%20gonads.pdf Khong, Nicholas Mun Hoe and Md. Yusoff, Fatimah and Rahman, Md. Aminur and Kuppan, Perumal (2012) Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads. In: 2012 Malaysia-Thailand Graduate Forum in Life Science, Food Science and Agriculture, 12-14 Dec. 2012, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. (p. 49).
spellingShingle Khong, Nicholas Mun Hoe
Md. Yusoff, Fatimah
Rahman, Md. Aminur
Kuppan, Perumal
Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
title Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
title_full Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
title_fullStr Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
title_short Nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
title_sort nutritional quality of tropical black long-spined urchin, diadema setosum gonads: a comparative analysis between male and female gonads
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