Biochemical Composition of Headlight fish (Diaphus effulgens)



Proximate Composition



(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)

Moisture 78.06
Protein 16.54
Fat 4.86
Ash 0.54

Amino Acid Composition



(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)

Aspartic acid 18.74
Threonine 6.16
Serine 5.93
Glutamic acid 8.91
Proline 2.39
Glycine 7.51
Alanine 1.54
Valine 9.04
Cystine 0.55
Methionine 0.55
Isoleucine 6.60
Leucine 8.71
Tyrosine 0.90
Phenyl alanine 3.85
Histidine 8.32
Lysine 6.74
Arginine 0.55
Tryptophan 1.16

Mineral Content Composition


(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)


Na 1,900.00
K 1,840.00
Ca 1,450.00
Fe 80.00
P 0.00

Fatty Acid Composition - Monounsaturated


(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)


C16:1 n7 4.60
C17:1 n7 0.00
C18:1 n9 21.00
C20:1 n9 0.80
C22:1 n9 0.00
Others 0.00
Total 26.40

Fatty Acid Composition - Polyunsaturated


(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)


C18:2 n6 1.60
C18:3 n3 0.00
C18:4 n3 0.00
C20:2 n6 0.20
C20:3 n6 0.00
C20:4 n6 4.90
C20:5 n3 5.20
C22:4 n6 0.00
C22:5 n3 0.00
C22:6 n3 0.00
Others 20.10
Total 0.00
Unidentified 32

Fatty Acid Composition - Saturated


(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)

C12:0 0.00
C13:0 0.00
C14:0 0.00
C15:0 3.40
C16:0 0.00
C17:0 24.10
C18:0 0.00
C19:0 13.90
Total 0.00


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