Characteristics of Amino Acid, Fatty Acid and Mineral of Sea Hare
Dolabella auricularia are found in the waters of Indo - Pacific and has active compound in health,<br />which until now is still limited information about nutritional content from sea hare. The aim of this research<br />were to determine morphometric and chemical characteristic D. auricularia which includes the proximate,<br />amino acids, fatty acids and minerals. The composition of fatty acid were measured by gas chromatography<br />(GC), amino acids were measured by high performanced liquid chromatography (HPLC), and mineral was<br />measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). The sea hare contained 9 essential amino acids<br />and 6 non essential amino acids. The highest essential amino acid was arginine (1.61%) while the highest<br />non essential amino acids was glycine (3.02%). Sea hare contained 26 fatty acids such as saturated fatty<br />acids 5.33%, monounsaturated fatty acids 2.11% and polyunsaturated fatty acids 4.10%. The high mineral<br />was calcium 68100 mg/kg.<br /><br />