Title
Nutritive value of four wild species for human consumption in the city of Iquitos
Other title
Valor nutritivo de cuatro especies silvestres de consumo humano en la ciudad de iquitos
Date Issued
01 January 2000
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The nutritional quality ofwhite alligator (Caiman crocodilus crocodilus), taricaya (Podocnemis unifilis), carachupa (Dasypus novemcinctus) and churo (Pomacea maculata) meat was evaluated by chemical and mineral composition analysis. The animals were purchased at Belen market in quitos. The results by species are: White alligator: humidity 74.34%, dry matter 25.67%, protein 22.54%, ether extract 0.85% and ash 1.07%; taricaya: hurnidity 76.58%, dry matter23.43%, protein 20.52%, ether extract 0.62% and ash 1.13%; carachupa: humidity 74.45%, dry matter 25.55%, protein 22.86%, ether extract 0.56% andash 1.24%; churo: hurnidity 74.67%, dry matter25.33%, protein 16.21 %, ether extract 0.56% and ash l .83%. Calcium and phosphorus content (mg/100 g) was: White alligator 3.411, 179.61; taricaya 11.50, 173.05; carachupa 10.44, 196.26 and churo 636.85, 112.40. The net energy (kcal/l OOg) was 103.74, 102.65, 91.45 and 74.25 for white alligator, taricaya, carachupa and churo.
Start page
70
End page
71
Volume
11
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria Nutrición, Dietética
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-35648975481
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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