Investigating the impact of wet rendering (solventless method) on PUFA-rich oil from catfish () viscera.

Catfish () is a popular freshwater fish food worldwide. The processing of this fish generates a significant amount of waste, mainly in the form of viscera, which constitutes around 10-12% of the fish's total weight. This study was focused on extracting polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-rich oil from catfish viscera, aiming to enhance the extraction process and make the production of oil and handling of fish byproducts more cost-effective.

Deciphering Microalgal Diversity of Peculiar Lentic Ecosystem in Chennai, South India: A Way Towards Sustainability.

Microalgae are quickly gaining attention among the researchers in various aspects such as biofuel applications, biogas, biomass production, waste water treatment, carbon fixation, animal feed ingredients, pigment production, and pharmaceutical products. One of the approaches to choose microalgae for biotechnological applications is to investigate their diversity and abundance in all possible wet environments. Samples were collected from three sampling sites for the period of 1 year (October 2021-September 2022) in Vadapalani temple tank at Chennai.

An Intensive Study on Algal Diversity in the Ancient Man-Made Aquatic Ecosystem of Tiruvallur, South India: Exploration for Sustainable Development.

Eco-friendly and beneficial nature algae make it prominent in our earth as well as for human life. In recent decades, microalgal applications is sought in varied fields from the remediation of wastes to the production of pharmaceutical products. Still, more extensive research on bioprospecting should to conducted to get the genus-specific or species-specific applications of microalgae with high efficiency.

Extraction and Physico-Chemical Characterization of Chitosan from Mantis Shrimp () Shell and the Development of Bio-Composite Film with Agarose.

Mantis shrimp (Oratosquilla nepa) exoskeleton, a leftover generated after processing, was used as a starting material for chitosan (CS) production. CS was extracted with different deacetylation times (2, 3 and 4 h), termed CS−2, CS−3 and CS−4, respectively, and their characteristics and antimicrobial and film properties with agarose (AG) were investigated. Prolonged deacetylation time increased the degree of deacetylation (DDA: 73.

Influence of chitosan-gelatin edible coating incorporated with longkong pericarp extract on refrigerated black tiger Shrimp ().

Chitosan-Gelatin (CHI-Gel) based edible coating incorporated with longkong pericarp extract (LPE) was developed and investigated for its impact on the quality of black tiger shrimp () during refrigerated storage (4 ​°C) for 20 days. Shrimp coated with CHI-Gel-LPE (1.5%) had better quality indices than control (no coating), those coated with CHI, CHI-Gel, and CHI-Gel-LPE at lower concentrations (0.

Assessment of different proteases on degree of hydrolysis, functional properties and radical scavenging activities of salted duck egg white hydrolysate.

The impact of different proteases (alcalase, ficin, protamex, and neutrase) on the hydrolyzation, foaming and radical scavenging potency of salted duck egg white was studied. Egg white without protease hydrolyzation served as control. Regarding the degree of hydrolysis, neutrase and protamex were more capable of hydrolyzing duck egg white than the others.

Properties and characteristics of nanocomposite films from tilapia skin gelatin incorporated with ethanolic extract from coconut husk.

Impacts of ethanolic extract from coconut husk (EECH) at 0-0.4 % (w/w, on protein basis) on properties of films from tilapia skin gelatin and gelatin/Cloisite Na(+) nanocomposite films were investigated. Young's Modulus, tensile strength and elongation at break of both films decreased with addition of EECH (P < 0.

Effects of pHs on properties of bio-nanocomposite based on tilapia skin gelatin and Cloisite Na+.

Effects of various pHs (4-8) of film forming suspensions (FFS) on the properties of nanocomposite film based on tilapia skin gelatin and hydrophilic nanoclay (Cloisite Na(+)) were investigated. Intercalated/exfoliated structure of nanocomposite films was revealed by WAXD analysis. Young's Modulus (YM) and tensile strength (TS) of nanocomposite films increased up to pH 6 (P<0.

Skin, bone and muscle collagen extraction from the trash fish, leather jacket (Odonus niger) and their characterization.

Acid soluble (ASC) and pepsin soluble (PSC) collagens were extracted from the skin, bone and muscle of a trash fish, leather jacket (Odonus niger) by three different extraction methods. Method I gave 46-50% yield for ASC, Method II gave 49-58% yield for both ASC and PSC and Method III gave 64-71% yield for PSC. The addition of pepsin had increased the yield by 30-45%.

Film forming ability of gelatins from splendid squid (Loligo formosana) skin bleached with hydrogen peroxide.

Properties of gelatin films from splendid squid (Loligo formosana) skin bleached with hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) at various concentrations (0-8% w/v) were investigated. Tensile strength (TS) and water vapour permeability (WVP) of films decreased, but elongation at break (EAB) increased (p<0.05) as the concentration of H(2)O(2) increased.

Properties of film from splendid squid (Loligo formosana) skin gelatin with various extraction temperatures.

Properties of film from splendid squid (Loligo formosana) skin gelatin extracted at different temperatures (50-80°C) were investigated. Tensile strength (TS) and elongation at break (EAB) of films decreased, but water vapour permeability (WVP) increased (P<0.05) as the extraction temperature increased.