AN ANALYSIS OF THE NUTRITIVE COMPOSITIONS IN THE MUSCLE OF WAN'AN GLASSY RED CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO VAR.WAN'ANENSIS)

The major nutrition compositions in the muscle of Wan'an glassy red carp, (Cyprinus carpio var. Wan'anensis) have been analysed. The muscle consisted of 19.07% crude protein, 78.75% moisture and 1.09% ash. By analysing the amino acid, there were 18 kinds of amino acids in dry muscle of this fish with the total amount being 774.59mg/g and 8 kinds of them being essential andno acid. The total amount of essential amino acids was 320.72 mg/g, with Lysine, Methionine, Aspartic acid,Glutamic acid, and Glycine being particularly rich. In Wan'an glassy red carp the muscle contains nutritional elements of K, Na, Ca, Mg and microelements Cu, Zn,Fe.