Essential fatty acids in farmed tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) from the Brazilian Amazon Area

The goal of this study was to determine the essential fatty acids of the total lipids of the fillet, head and orbital cavity tissue from farmed tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) fish from a Brazilian Amazon area. The tambaqui were acquired from different fish farms in the Roraima state, located at Western Brazilian Amazon. The meat, the head and the fatty tissue from orbital cavity were dissected for lipid extraction and analysis of fatty acids by gas chromatography. The fatty acids were quantified in mg g-1of total lipids using C23:0 as an internal standard. The nutritional quality of the lipids was determined by using the atherogenicity and thrombogenicity indices, and also by the ratio between hypocholesterolemic / hypercholesterolemic fatty acids. The orbital cavity tissue had the higher concentration amount of linoleic and α-linolenic acid, whereas the fillet had higher docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). The eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) concentration was: 1.28, 0.97, 1.71 mg g-1of total lipids, in the filet, in head, and in orbital cavity tissue,respectively. All essential fatty acids were detected in the three parts analyzed. The nutritional quality of the total lipids from the head and from the orbital cavity tissue was similar to the fillet.(AU)

Total lipid nutritional quality of the adipose tissue from the orbital cavity in Nile tilapia from continental aquaculture / Qualidade nutricional dos lipídios totais no tecido adiposo da cavidade ocular da tilápia do Nilo da aquicultura continental

This study aimed to determine the fatty acid composition and nutritional quality indexes of total lipids in adipose tissue from the orbital cavity of Nile tilapia from continental aquaculture in Paraiba State, Brazil. The tilapias were captured in six fish farms, and after slaughtering and bleeding, the adipose tissue from the orbital cavity was reserved, frozen and lyophilized for analysis of fatty acid composition by gas chromatography. By decreasing order, oleic, palmitic, linoleic, stearic, and palmitoleic acids were the most abundant ones.  Monounsaturated fatty acids were the most prominent group in orbital cavity adipose tissue, where as polyunsaturated fatty acids were most abundant in the diet, with a percentage of linolenic acid ranging from 32.99 to 37.57%. Nutritional quality indexes of lipids varied from 0.491 to 0.575 for Atherogenicity Index, 0.543 to 0.741 for Thrombogenicity Index, and from 1.918 to 2.176 regarding the ratio of hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic. According to the composition of fatty acids and the nutritional quality of total lipids, the use of this byproduct can be recommended for human consumption or to elaborate products for animal intake.

O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a composição dos ácidos graxos e os índices de qualidade nutricional dos lipídios totais no tecido adiposo da tilápia do Nilo da aquicultura continental do Estado da Paraíba, Brasil. As tilápias foram capturadas em seis pisciculturas. Após o abate e sangria, o tecido adiposo da cavidade ocular foi reservado, congelado e liofilizado para análise da composição de ácidos graxos por cromatografia gasosa. Os ácidos graxos majoritários detectados em ordem decrescente foram: ácido oleico, ácido palmítico, ácido linoleico, ácido esteárico e ácido palmitoleico. O grupo mais abundante no tecido adiposo da cavidade ocular foi o dos ácidos graxos monoinsaturados, enquanto que na ração o grupo mais abundante foi o grupo dos ácidos graxos poli-insaturados, com percentual do ácido linolênico variando entre 32,99 e 37,57%. Os índices de qualidade nutricional dos lipídios variaram de 0,491 a 0,575 para o Índice de Aterogenicidade, 0,543 a 0,741 para o Índice de Trombogenicidade; e 1,918 até 2,176 para a razão entre hipocolesterolêmicos / hipercolesterolêmicos. De acordo com a composição dos ácidos graxos e a qualidade nutricional dos lipídios totais, é possível recomendar o uso deste subproduto para o consumo humano ou elaborar produtos para consumo animal.

Total lipid nutritional quality of the adipose tissue from the orbital cavity in Nile tilapia from continental aquaculture / Qualidade nutricional dos lipídios totais no tecido adiposo da cavidade ocular da tilápia do Nilo da aquicultura continental

This study aimed to determine the fatty acid composition and nutritional quality indexes of total lipids in adipose tissue from the orbital cavity of Nile tilapia from continental aquaculture in Paraiba State, Brazil. The tilapias were captured in six fish farms, and after slaughtering and bleeding, the adipose tissue from the orbital cavity was reserved, frozen and lyophilized for analysis of fatty acid composition by gas chromatography. By decreasing order, oleic, palmitic, linoleic, stearic, and palmitoleic acids were the most abundant ones.  Monounsaturated fatty acids were the most prominent group in orbital cavity adipose tissue, where as polyunsaturated fatty acids were most abundant in the diet, with a percentage of linolenic acid ranging from 32.99 to 37.57%. Nutritional quality indexes of lipids varied from 0.491 to 0.575 for Atherogenicity Index, 0.543 to 0.741 for Thrombogenicity Index, and from 1.918 to 2.176 regarding the ratio of hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic. According to the composition of fatty acids and the nutritional quality of total lipids, the use of this byproduct can be recommended for human consumption or to elaborate products for animal intake.(AU)

O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a composição dos ácidos graxos e os índices de qualidade nutricional dos lipídios totais no tecido adiposo da tilápia do Nilo da aquicultura continental do Estado da Paraíba, Brasil. As tilápias foram capturadas em seis pisciculturas. Após o abate e sangria, o tecido adiposo da cavidade ocular foi reservado, congelado e liofilizado para análise da composição de ácidos graxos por cromatografia gasosa. Os ácidos graxos majoritários detectados em ordem decrescente foram: ácido oleico, ácido palmítico, ácido linoleico, ácido esteárico e ácido palmitoleico. O grupo mais abundante no tecido adiposo da cavidade ocular foi o dos ácidos graxos monoinsaturados, enquanto que na ração o grupo mais abundante foi o grupo dos ácidos graxos poli-insaturados, com percentual do ácido linolênico variando entre 32,99 e 37,57%. Os índices de qualidade nutricional dos lipídios variaram de 0,491 a 0,575 para o Índice de Aterogenicidade, 0,543 a 0,741 para o Índice de Trombogenicidade; e 1,918 até 2,176 para a razão entre hipocolesterolêmicos / hipercolesterolêmicos. De acordo com a composição dos ácidos graxos e a qualidade nutricional dos lipídios totais, é possível recomendar o uso deste subproduto para o consumo humano ou elaborar produtos para consumo animal.(AU)

Total lipid nutritional quality of the adipose tissue from the orbital cavity in Nile tilapia from continental aquaculture

 This study aimed to determine the fatty acid composition and nutritional quality indexes of total lipids in adipose tissue from the orbital cavity of Nile tilapia from continental aquaculture in Paraiba State, Brazil. The tilapias were captured in six fish farms, and after slaughtering and bleeding, the adipose tissue from the orbital cavity was reserved, frozen and lyophilized for analysis of fatty acid composition by gas chromatography. By decreasing order, oleic, palmitic, linoleic, stearic, and palmitoleic acids were the most abundant ones.  Monounsaturated fatty acids were the most prominent group in orbital cavity adipose tissue, where as polyunsaturated fatty acids were most abundant in the diet, with a percentage of linolenic acid ranging from 32.99 to 37.57%. Nutritional quality indexes of lipids varied from 0.491 to 0.575 for Atherogenicity Index, 0.543 to 0.741 for Thrombogenicity Index, and from 1.918 to 2.176 regarding the ratio of hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic. According to the composition of fatty acids and the nutritional quality of total lipids, the use of this byproduct can be recommended for human consumption or to elaborate products for animal intake.