MUTAGENICITY AND CARCINOGENICITY OF FISH SAUCE FROM A COUNTY WITH THE HIGH RISK FOR GASTRIC CANCER IN CHINA

The mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of fish sauce (FS) sample from Changle County, a high gastric cancer mortality (113.20/105) area, were investigated with the biologic short-term tests and laboratory animal experiment. The results showed that the extract of FS was markedly direct mutagenic toward S. typhimurium TA100, induced high sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and micronucleus (MN) in V79 cells after nitrosation with sodium nitrite. But the non-nitrosated FS did not. The nitrosated fish sauce (NFS) also induced SOS in E. coli PQ37 and alkylation of calfthymus DNA. The potency of NFS to induce unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in human normal gastric mucosal cells was increased about fivefold compared with FS. When the NFS extract was given to newborn rats by gavage, dys-plasia and adenocaroinoma were induced in the glandular stomach in the 4th and 16th experimental week, respectively. N-nitrosamides were also found in NFS, which may account for the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of NFS. It is indicated that FS, a traditional daily eaten seasoning, may contribute to the causes of the high gastric cancer mortality for the local residents.

Confirmation of N-(Nitrosomethyl) urea as a Nitrosourea Derived by Nitrosation of Fish Sauce

N-(nitrosomethyl ) urea (NMU ) was characterized in the carcinogenic nitrosated fish sauce (NFS) with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC )- pholohydrolysis-pyrolysis-thermal en -ergy analysis recently. We used HPLC-electronic spray ionization-mass spectrometry and HPLC-diode array detection to confirm NMU in NFS furiher. It was observed that the corresponding chro-matographic fraction of NMU of NFS showed the same mass spectrum (m/z 64, 102, and 145) andultraviolet-absorbance (λ max = 230 nm) as those of authentic NMU. These results confirmed that thecomponent of NFS was NMU

Influences of salt and koji contents on chemical properties of fish sauce from tilapia frames

Influences of salt(5%-20%w/w of digested material)and soybean koji(3%-10%w/w of digested material)on chemical properties of fish sauce from tilapia frame after 4 months’fermentation using response surface methodology was studied.Results found that the salt content showed quadratic effect on ammonia nitrogen and amino nitrogen while linear effect on formaldehyde nitrogen and NaCl contents of samples were observed(P<0.05).Estimation response surfaces revealed that the formaldehyde nitrogen,ammonia nitrogen and amino nitrogen contents decreased while NaCl content increased as salt content increased.For the effect of koji,the significant effect of koji content on non-enzymatic browning value of fish sauce samples in linear manner was observed(P<0.05).The non-enzymatic browning value of sample increased as koji content increased.The both of salt and koji contents showed the linear effect on total acidity value while two-factor interaction terms on total nitrogen of sample was found(P<0.05).For the consumer acceptability testing,an acceptance score of the incubated fish sauce sample with a values of 6.50-7.43(like slightly to like moderately)was obtained.The results showed that it is possible to make a good quality fish sauce from tilapia frame by-product.