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International Journal of Aquaculture, 2014, Vol.4, No.05
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Effect of Seasonal Changes in Fatty Acids Profile of Orange Fin Pony Fish
(
Leiognathus bindus
) and Sulphur Goatfishes (
Upeneus sulphureus
)
Khadijeh Nabi Ghahfarrokhi
1
, Mansoreh Ghaeni
2,
, Ladan Zaheri
3
1. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
2. Department of Fisheries, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran
3. Fisheries Scientific Association, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
Corresponding author email:
mansoreh.ghaeni@gmail.com
International Journal of Aquaculture, 2014, Vol.4, No.05 doi: 10.5376/ija.2014.04.0005
Received: 08 Dec., 2013
Accepted: 05 Jan., 2014
Published: 10 Feb., 2014
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Ghahfarrokhi et al., This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
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Preferred citation for this article
:
Ghahfarrokhi et al., 2014, Effect of Seasonal Changes in Fatty Acids Profile of Orange Fin Pony Fish (
Leiognathus bindus
) and Sulphur Goatfishes (
Upeneus
sulphureus
), International Journal of Aquaculture, Vol.4, No.05: 29-35 (doi: 10.5376/ija.2014.04.0005)
Abstract
In this study, the fatty acids composition and the related health lipid indices (IA, atherogenic and IT thrombogenic) of
Orange fin pony fish (
Leiognathus bindus
) and sulphur goatfishes (
Upeneus sulphureus
) were studied in different season in
Mahshahr port in south of Iran. Fatty acids were analyzed by Gas Chromatograph (FID). The fatty acid composition of
L. bindus
and
U. sulphureus
showed a relevant proportion (26.95% and 25.34% respectively) of poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with a
prevalence of the n – 3 series. The IA and IT indices resulted comparable in Spring and Fall. The ratio of W3/W6 was different in
Fall and Spring for both species.
Keywords
Leiognathus bindus
;
Upeneus sulphureus
; Biochemistry; Atherogenic and Thrombogenic
Introduction
Fish is consumed as food all over the world. It is
generally recognized that polyunsaturated fatty acids
(PUFA) composition might vary among species of fish
(Muhamad and Mohamad, 2012). It is well known
that PUFA’s in fish have a beneficial effect on health
by, for example, decreasing the risk of stroke,
re-ducing serum triacylglycerol levels, reducing blood
pressure, and insulin resistance and modulating the
glu-cose metabolism. Among the PUFA’s are known
components with anti-atheratogenic action like LA
(18:2n – 6) belonging to the n – 6 PUFA’s class, and in
the more important n – 3 PUFA’s class, components
such as LNA (18:3n – 3), EPA (20:5n – 3) and DHA
(22:6n – 3) which are appreciated for their
anti-thrombogenetic effect. On the contrary, amongs
the saturated fatty acids (SFAs), lauric acid (C12:0),
myristic acid (C14:0) and palmitic acid (C16:0), are
recognized as health risk factors (Garaffo et al., 2011;
Sanfilippo et al., 2011).
Most fatty acids can be synthesized in the body,
however human body lacks the enzymes required to
produce the two essential fatty acids EPA and DHA.
These fatty acids must be taken from the diet (Öksüz
et al., 2011).
The lipid content of fish is highly variable between
and within species. Many factors appear to contribute
to this variability, including food availability; catch
location, fish size, maturity stage, biological variations,
sampled tissue, ration size and starvation (Rueda et al.,
2001).
U. sulphureus
(sulphur goatfishes) is from Mullidae
family in the order Perciformes (Randall and Kulbicki,
2006) distributed from Red Sea, Persian Gulf,
Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion, Pakistan, India, Sri
Lanka,Andaman Sea, Indonesia, New Guinea, Fiji,
NewCaledonia, Philippines and southern Japan
(Uiblein et al., 2010).
L. bindus
(Orange fin pony fish) known as slip mouths
or slimy are a small family, Leiognathidae, of fishes in
the order Perciformes (Froese and Pauly, 2006). They
reported in the Red Sea (Port Sudan), Persian Gulf,
coasts of India and Sri Lanka, and elsewhere in the
eastern Indian Ocean; eastward to the western Central
Pacific (Woodland et al., 2001).
Both of mentioned species were distributed in many
country and commonly used as Surimi raw materials,
their production trends and abundance in the
Southeast Asian waters were identified (SEAFDEC,