Nutritional Properties of Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804) in
the
Lake
of
Eğirdir
(Turkey)
Şengül Bilgin* and Zeliha Ufuk Canlı Fidanbaş
Department of Fishing and Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of
Eğirdir Fisheries,
University
of
Süleyman Demirel,
Isparta, Türkiye
*Corresponding Author: sengulb@gmail.com
Abstract
Some of the nutritional properties of Potamon potamios, captured from the
Lake
of
Egirdir
were investigated in relation to season and sex. In the laboratory, crab meat
and crab shells were seperated. All crab meat and dried crab shell analyses were
conducted separately. According to proximate composition analysis, there were no
significant differences in the moisture, protein, fat and ash contents in terms
of seasons. But there were significant (P<0.05) changes between male and female
crab meats in terms of protein values. It was found that freshwater crab meat
was a good protein source. Mineral matter analysis was carried out with ICP-OES
instrument after drying of crab samples in lyoflizator. Of the crab meat, the
highest contents of calcium, sodium and potassium were 17.87±1.356 (winter ♀),
11.88±0.62 (summer ♀) and 11.70±0.50 mg/g (summer ♂) while these values for crab
shell were 197.50±7.836 (summer ♂), 3.96±0.583mg/g (winter ♂) and 6.26±0.222mg/g
(summer ♂), respectively.
Chitin and Chitosan analysis were performed from shells with demineralization,
deproteinisation, decoloration and deacetylation.
Female freshwater crab samples had the highest chitin (7.80±0.835%) and chitosan
(5.86±0,536%) contents in the summer and spring, respectively.
Key words:
Chitin; Chitosan; Mineral;Potamon
potamios; Food composition; Season