Exploring the nutritional composition of cultured horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas): A study of proximate composition, minerals, amino acids, and fatty acids

• Main Authors: Nashrin Iszhan Ishak, Farahanim Misni, Hong, Pui Khoon, Nor Qhairul Izzreen Mohd Noor, Nazikussabah Zaharudin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
• Subjects: QL605-739.8 Chordates. Vertebrates; TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41868/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41868/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41868/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2023.06.026

This study was done to determine the proximate composition, mineral content, amino acid and fatty acid composition of Tachypleus gigas. T. gigas were collected at the Horseshoe Crab Hatchery and Breeding Centre, Malaysia. The samples were analyzed for its proximate composition of different body part...