Quality Analysis and Evaluation of Scylla paramamosain from Three Different Areas

[Objectives]The quality of Scylla paramammosain produced in Fujian,Sanmen and Shanghai were analyzed and evaluated.[Methods]Adult Scylla paramammosain from Fujian,Sanmen and Shanghai were separated for their muscles and gonads,which were analyzed for nutritional components.[Results]The muscle moisture content of S.paramammosain from Sanmen was significantly higher than those in S.paramammosain from Fujian and Shanghai.The muscle protein contents of S.paramammosain from the three regions ranked as Shanghai>Fujian>Sanmen(P<0.05).The muscles of S.paramammosain from Shanghai had the highest crude fat and crude ash contents.The moisture contents of the gonads of the S.paramammosain from the three regions had no significant differences.The protein contents of the gonads of S.paramammosain from the three regions ranked as Shanghai>Sanmen>Fujian(P<0.05).The S.paramammosain from Sanmen had the highest crude fat and crude ash contents in gonads.The contents of 17 amino acids detected in the muscles and gonads of S.paramammosain from the three different regions were different.The total amounts of total amino acids(TAA),essential amino acids(EAA)and flavor amino acids(FAA)in the muscles of S.paramammosain from Sanmen were significantly lower than those produced in Fujian and Shanghai(P<0.05),but the proportions of essential amino acids(EAA)and flavor amino acids were not significantly different.The proportion of EAA and FAA in the gonads of S.paramammosain produced in the three areas were significantly different(P<0.05).There were also differences in the fatty acid composition of the muscles and gonads of S.paramammosain from the three different regions.The proportion of EPA in the muscles of S.paramammosain from Fujian was higher than those of other two groups,but the differences were not significant;the proportion of DHA was significantly higher than those of other two groups,and the differences were significant(P<0.05);and the proportions of n3 PUFA in muscles of S.paramammosain produced in Fujian and Sanmen were significantly higher than that of S.paramammosain produced in Shanghai(P<0.05).The proportions of EPA,DHA and n6 PUFA in the gonads of S.paramammosain produced in Sanmen were significantly higher than those produced in Fujian and Shanghai(P<0.05),while the n3 PUFA was the highest in S.paramammosain produced in Fujian.The proportions of n6/n3 PUFA in S.paramammosain produced in the three different regions were significantly different(P<0.05).In summary,it could be seen that the nutritional composition of S.paramammosain produced in different regions has its own characteristics.[Conclusions]This study provides basic data for the establishment of quality evaluation standards for S.paramammosain,and provides a new perspective for the evaluation of breeding models.