A Comparative Study of The Muscle Proteins of Fishes and Shell Fishes of Tropical Waters

This thesis is an attempt to make a comparative study of the composition of the muscle proteins of some commercially important species of fishes and shell fishes of our coast and their changes during preservation and processing. As a part of this the distribution of the major protein nitrogen fractions in several species of fishes and shell fishes was studied in detail.

Central Institute of Fisheries Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology