Abstract
The pond culture of spotted barb (Puntius binotatus) has been started in Sabah. However,the nutritional values of these cultured P. binotatus as a protein source for human consumption have neverbeen assessed. Therefore, the proximate and amino acid compositions of these cultured P. binotatus (n = 6, 3females and 3 males) were evaluated to provide baseline information on its nutritional quality. The fish wholebody contained about 18% and 9% of crude protein and lipid, respectively (in wet weight basis), 11% ashand 67% moisture. These proximate values were comparable to the wild-caught P. binotatus as reported inprevious study. In addition, the cultured P. binotatus contained high levels of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, andglycine, (approximately 37.4, 24.5, and 23.0 mg/ g of sample, respectively). It also contained high level oflysine (23.5 mg/ g of sample) which is an essential amino acid in human diet. In conclusion, the nutritionalquality of the cultured P. binotatus is good hence it is a suitable protein source for human consumption. Keywords: Proximate, Amino acids composition, spotted barb, Puntius binotatus
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