DIFFERENCES IN MUSCLE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION BETWEEN REARED AND WILD SENEGALENSIS SOLE (SOLEA SENEGALENSIS)

摘要

Sole is a highly valued fish species for human consumption in the Mediterranean region. Fish is a highly nutritive food since it has a great quantity of proteins with high biochemical value for humans. In addition, its meat has a high proportion of fatty acids, which are also known to confer cardiac-health properties to human subjects and increased fish consumption has been recommended. In this sense, n-3 series fatty acid consumption closely correlates with a reduced incidence of several human diseases (Harris, 1989). The aim of this work has been to compare the composition and fatty acid profile of muscle between reared and wild senegalensis sole. This species has been demonstrated to be suitable for culture and serious attempts to produce it on acommercial basis are being developed in the Mediterranean area.