Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN : 0975-7384)

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Original Articles: 2013 Vol: 5 Issue: 4

Nutritional studies on marine mollusk Pleuroploca trapezium (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from Tuticorin coastal waters

Abstract

The nutritional quality of Pleuroploca trapezium meat was assessed using feeding trails on albino rats. Rats fed with standard casein diet were kept as control. In the test animals, the Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER), assimilation, assimilation efficiency, consumption efficiency and growth efficiency were higher than in the control animals. Protein and carbohydrate digestibility were also higher in the test animals and this indicates the higher bioavailability of these nutrients in the P. trapezium meat. The present study highlights the nutritional quality of P. trapezium meat as an important food source that can be utilized just like other seafood. The different value added products that have been developed in the present study have good shelf life and nutritive value.