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Snail eggs as a raw material for the production of a caviar substitute

Journal of Veterinary Research

Volume 64 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)

By: Monika Maćkowiak-Dryka, Krzysztof Szkucik and Renata Pyz-Łukasik

Open Access

|Nov 2020

Figures & Tables

Major constituent content in eggs of Cornu aspersum aspersum and Cornu aspersum maxima

Snail species	Constituent content (%)

	Water	Fat	Protein	Ash	Carbohydrates
CAA (n=10)	87.78^a ± 1.52	0.03^a ± 0.04	4.16^a ± 0.15	3.74^b ± 0.30	4.28^b ± 1.31
CAM (n=10)	86.0^b ± 1.02	0.04^a ± 0.03	4.31^a ± 0.16	4.28^a ± 0.31	5.34^a ± 1.46

Essential amino acid content in the protein of Cornu aspersum aspersum and Cornu aspersum maxima eggs

Amino acid (g/100 g protein)	CAA (n=6)	CAM (n=6)	Standard*
Histidine	2.49^a ± 0.10	2.47^a ± 0.09	1.6
Isoleucine	4.45^a ± 0.15	4.22^a ± 0.13	3.0
Leucine	8.24^a ± 0.17	7.98^a ± 0.11	6.1
Lysine	6.96^a ± 0.11	6.97^a ± 0.25	4.8
Methionine+cysteine	3.10^b ± 0.09	3.50^a ± 0.16	2.31
Phenylalanine+tyrosine	9.61^b ± 0.39	10.36^a ± 0.23	4.12
Threonine	6.12^a ± 0.16	5.66^b ± 0.30	2.5
Tryptophan	5.40^a ± 0.82	4.56^a ± 0.95	0.66
Valine	5.41^a ± 0.11	5.65^a ± 0.11	4.0

Total	51.78^a ± 0.21	51.37^a ± 0.32	29.06

Non-essential amino acid content in the protein of Cornu aspersum aspersum and Cornu aspersum maxima eggs

Amino acid (g/100 g protein)	CAA (n=6)	CAM (n=6)
Asparaginic acid	11.34^a ± 0.28	11.43^a ± 0.38
Serine	7.48^a ± 0.10	7.34^a ± 0.17
Glutamic acid	12.10^a ± 0.17	11.54^b ± 0.20
Proline	4.12^b ± 0.08	4.75^a ± 0.28
Glycine	3.49^a ± 0.02	3.56^a ± 0.12
Alanine	4.63^a ± 0.19	4.72^a ± 0.07
Arginine	5.05^a ± 0.17	5.08^a ± 0.22

Total	48.2^a ± 0.16	48.42^a ± 0.19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2020-0062 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608

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Language: English

Page range: 543 - 547

Submitted on: Jun 30, 2020

Accepted on: Nov 2, 2020

Published on: Nov 26, 2020

Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

“white caviar”,

Related subjects:

Molecular biology,

Microbiology and virology,

Life sciences, other,

Veterinary medicine

© 2020 Monika Maćkowiak-Dryka, Krzysztof Szkucik, Renata Pyz-Łukasik, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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