Fish processing

Fish processing

Contributors in Fish processing

Fish processing

Also called roundworms. Members of a zoological phylum Nematoda widely distributed in nature in water and in soils. They are characterised by having an elongated body with a circular cross section. ...

Nitrogen factor

Fishing; Fish processing

A number used to convert the nitrogen content of a sample to protein content or to fish content. There are two values of relevance to fish technology. One is the factor that converts total nitrogen ...

Nitrogen content

Fishing; Fish processing

Nitrogenous extractives

Fishing; Fish processing

The nitrogen-containing compounds in a protein-free extract of fish tissue. Typical extractants are dilute solutions of trichloroacetic acid and 80% ethanol. The constituents of extracts of fish ...

Nucleotides

Fishing; Fish processing

A class of organic compounds whose molecular structure comprises a nitrogen-containing base linked to a sugar and a phosphate group. The nucleotide of interest for fish technology is adenosine ...

Listeria monocytogenes

Fishing; Fish processing

A species of bacteria pathogenic to humans. Listeriosis is the disease caused by infection by the organism. Its significance as a food pathogen has been realised only in the last two or three ...

Malondialdehyde

Fishing; Fish processing

A chemical formed in the oxidation of lipids. The thiobarbituric acid test measures its concentration in a sample of fish or extracted lipid and provides a measure of the degree of oxidation.