Biochemical and Storage Characteristics of Myofibrillar Protein ( Surimi ) from Freshwater Major Carps

School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology

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.