Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Cătălina Nicoleta BOIŢEANU, Florin NEACSU
The paper aimed to present the correlations between the freshness indicators (pH, TVB-N) and water content, phosphorus content and humidity, protein content and TVB-N (mg %) in wild Anglerfish/ Monkfish captured from the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean during naval expeditions aboard the research ship Walther Herwig IIIrd. It is based on the research data obtained at Max Rubner Institute Department of Safety and Quality of Milk and Fish Products Hamburg between 2013 and 2014. The processed data were the following indicators: pH, TVB-N, phosphates content, percent of water, salt, protein, fat and ashes. Correlations were made using chi square test. Angler- and Monkfish (Lophius spp.) samples analysed (n = 77), presented a reasonable positive correlation (R2 = 0.44) between the pH values and the percentage of water, a very weak positive correlation (R2 = 0.1) between TVB-N and protein, a high negative correlation (R2 = - 0.7018) between the phosphate and water content and a strong negative correlation (R2 = - 0.7961) between the protein and the water content.
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