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On the chemical composition of the red crab Portunus pelagicus

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Data are presented on yield of meat and waste from whole red crabs Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus). The chemical composition (protein, oil, moisture, and ash) of the meat and waste portions and the amount of protein and non-protein nitrogen in the meat together with the amount of sarcoplasmic, fibrillar, and stroma protein in the protein fraction have also been investigated.

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  1. H. K. Badawi

    Present address: Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt, UAR

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    Communicated by O. Kinne, Hamburg

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    Badawi, H.K. On the chemical composition of the red crab Portunus pelagicus . Mar. Biol. 11, 198–200 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401267

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