Negasi Tsighe K.

Massawa College of Marine Science and Technology, Massawa, Eritrea · Marine Food and Biotechnology

Seaweeds are marine plants also known as sea vegetables, used as an alternative food source with high nutritional value. Consumption of seaweeds in East Asian countries like China, Thailand and Japan had begun since ancient times. In some countries, seaweeds are consumed as raw vegetables, in the form of salad and as an additive in manufacturing of...

The effect of pre-treatment (salting and pressing) on the keeping qualities of spotted sardine (Amblygaster sirm) was investigated. Fish were stored under two different conditions of temperature and relative humidity: Massawa ambient conditions (M; 30–35 °C/46–55%) and air conditioned room (A; 25–29.5 °C/48–61%). Microbiological analysis (total pla...

Fish are one of the most important foods in the human diet because of its high nutritional quality. They are a rich source of two important n-3 PUFAs: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Which can prevent many types of diseases. Consuming small pelagic fish whole could contribute significantly to reducing the level of micron...

Oxalic acid is one of the abundant organic compound acts as an anti-nutrient present in most vegetables in various quantities. It is found as salts of insoluble complexes with divalent cations, minerals and trace elements. Oxalates react with calcium to precipitate calcium oxalate and accumulation of oxalates in the body prevents the absorption...

Fish has been widely used as an excellent source of animal protein and other nutrients. It functions to prevent human beings from variety of diseases all over the world. Through different processing methods, it is possible to achieve the keeping of quality and securing fish availability round the year. This paper reviews up-to-date research on effe...

Fish consumption in Eritrea is estimated at 0.5-1kg per person per year, which is very low compared to the maximum sustainable resource of the country, moreover small sized fish are used in animal feed which have great impacts on the effective utilization of the resources to alleviate malnutrtion, as one of the major problems faced. The raw materia...

The present study investigates the preliminary information of proximate composition of the seaweeds collected from the Red Sea coast of Massawa, Eritrea. The proximate composition (moisture, protein, total soluble carbohydrates, lipids, fiber and ash) of three abundant samples; Enteromorpha clathrata, Gracilaria corticata and Sargassum linearifoliu...