Chemical composition and fatty acid contents in farmed freshwater prawns

The objective of this work was to evaluate the chemical composition and fatty acid contents of Amazonian and giant river prawns. After four-month farming, with the same diet for both species, palmitic and stearic acids were the main saturated fatty acids. Oleic acid was the main monounsatured fatty...

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Main Authors: Carolina de Gasperi Portella, Léa Silvia Sant'Ana, Wagner Cotroni Valenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2013-08-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2013000800046&lng=en&tlng=en