Enhanced microbial safety of channel catfish (
            Ictalurus punctatus
            ) fillet using recently invented medium molecular weight water‐soluble chitosan coating

A water-soluble, heat-stable peptone was extracted-from enzymatically digested channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) heads and skins. Proximate analyses showed that the peptone was composed of 89.02% protein (Kjeldahl N × 6.25), 10.42% ash and 0.44% fat. The peptone contains all amino acids demonstrated to be present in concentrations of greater than 1.0% in six other commercially available microbiological peptones used for comparative purposes in the study. Total cell mass production on catfish and test peptone media by microorganisms representing 13 genera was measured. Catfish peptone supported luxuriant growth of the test organisms and an accumulative average of dry cell mass weights produced by the organisms revealed that the catfish peptone ranked third out of the seven peptones tested. This new peptone offers the clinical and industrial microbiologist a potentially valuable ingredient for formulation of growth and fermentation media.

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Intestinal absorption of water-soluble vitamins in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpregu.1995.269.3.r490 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 269 (3) ◽

pp. R490-R496 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. M. Casirola ◽

R. R. Vinnakota ◽

R. P. Ferraris

Keyword(s):

Folic Acid ◽

Dissociation Constant ◽

Ictalurus Punctatus ◽

Channel Catfish ◽

Water Soluble ◽

The Other ◽

Maximal Velocity ◽

Michaelis Constant ◽

Intestinal Uptake ◽

Simple Diffusion

The absorption of selected water-soluble vitamins was studied in isolated intestinal sleeves of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). The uptakes of riboflavin and biotin were each inhibited by their nonlabeled form, indicating the presence of a saturable mechanism [riboflavin: Michaelis constant (Km), 4.84 +/- 1.23 microM; maximal velocity (Vmax), 0.59 +/- 0.07 pmol.mg-1.min-1 biotin: Km, 22.3 +/- 6.95 microM; Vmax, 0.67 +/- 0.10 pmol.mg-1.min-1]. In contrast, the uptakes of nicotinamide, folic acid, and its metabolic derivative 5-methyltetrahydrofolate were not significantly inhibited by their respective nonlabeled forms. Their uptakes were a linear function of concentration [dissociation constant, 0.173 +/- 0.006, 0.050 +/- 0.002, and 0.031 +/- 0.004 pmol.mg-1.min-1.microM-1, respectively]. Folic acid was absorbed more rapidly than 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and neither vitamin inhibited the absorption of the other. Intestinal uptake of riboflavin and biotin is carrier mediated, whereas uptake of nicotinamide, folic acid, and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate occurs by simple diffusion. These mechanisms are similar to those found in mammals for the same vitamins, except for the hydrophobic folates, which are actively transported in mammals but where diffusion may suffice to fulfill metabolic requirements of catfish.

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ANALISA KANDUNGAN BETA-GLUKAN LARUT AIR DAN LARUT ALKALI DARI TUBUH BUAH JAMUR TIRAM (Pleurotus ostreatus) DAN SHIITAKE (Lentinus edodes)

Jurnal Sains dan Teknologi Indonesia ◽

10.29122/jsti.v13i3.894 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Netty Widyastuti ◽

Teguh Baruji ◽

Henky Isnawan ◽

Priyo Wahyudi ◽

Donowati Donowati

Keyword(s):

Molecular Structure ◽

Molecular Weight ◽

Immune System ◽

Pleurotus Ostreatus ◽

Water Soluble ◽

Low Molecular Weight ◽

Lentinus Edodes ◽

Beta Glucan ◽

Oyster Mushrooms ◽

The Difference

Beta glucan is a polysaccharide compound, generally not soluble inwater and resistant to acid. Beta glucan is used as an immunomodulator (enhancing the immune system) in mammals is usually a beta-glucan soluble in water, easily absorbed and has a low molecular weight. Several example of beta-glucan such as cellulose (β-1 ,4-glucan), lentinan (β-1 0.6-glucan) and (β-1 ,3-glucan), pleuran (β-1, 6 and β-1 ,3-glucan) are isolated from species of fungi Basidiomycota include mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) and shiitake (Lentinus edodes).The purpose of thisresearch activity is to obtain beta-glucan compound that can be dissolved in water and in alkali derived from fungi Basidiomycota, i.e, Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) and shiitake (Lentinus edodes). The result of beta-glucan compared to characterize the resulting beta glucan that is molecular structure . The difference of beta glucan extraction is based on the differences in solubility of beta-glucan. Beta glucan could be water soluble and insoluble water.

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