








| ARTICLES | Volume 1, Issue 8, Pages 294-303 (October 2015)
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Research Article
| Rana Moustafa Mohamad | and | Adibb, Ali Saad |. American Journal of Innovative Research and Applied Sciences. 2015; 1(8):294-303.
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ABSTRACT
Background: Storage time and temperature are the major factors affecting the rate of loss of quality and shelf life of fish. Objective: This work was designed to investigate the effect of frozen
storage duration and its temperature on some chemical properties (Protein, Lipid, Ash, Water) in the Chub mackerel fish (Scomber japonicus). Methods: The fishes were subjected to frozen storage
at -18 and -24 °C , for different storage periods 7 to 240 day. Chemical analysis were done including evaluation of general content of water, ash, protein, lipid, total volatile nitrogen bases in fish at
freezing degrees, for 7 to 240 day. The initial lipid oxidation was evaluated by estimating peroxide value (PV). The study was carried out between September 2011, and May 2012. Results: The
results showed a gradual decrease in protein content for 150 day of freezing at -18,-24 °C, compared to the fresh samples which recorded (24.55%) , while (20.24, 20.08%) were recorded for
150 day of freezing at -18, -24 °C respectively. Then after, a clear decrease was observed of protein content from 180 to 240 day of freezing, where the values were 5.17, 4.13% for 240 day of
freezing at -24, -18 °C respectively. This study showed a clear decrease of the lipid content from the first week of freezing until the end of freezing duration at -18,-24 °C , the recorded
values were 17.45, 0.95%, which frozen for 7, 240 day respectively at -24 °C, and which frozen for 7, 240 day respectively at -18 °C were 17.45, 0.49% , The lipid oxidation was greater at -
18 °C comparison in freezing at -24 °C. Conclusion: The study results showed significant relationship between lipid, protein content and frozen storage duration for chubmackerel at -18, -24 ؛C,
as well as the differences were very statistically significant compared to water, ash content.
Keys words: protein, lipid, freezing duration, freezing temperature
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