Proximate and Amino Acids Composition of Dried Octopus Head
Student: Ronke Bukola Omojola (Project, 2025)
Department of
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Abstract
Octopuses live in every ocean, and different species have adapted to different marine
habitats. As juveniles, common octopuses inhabit shallow tide pools. Octopuses are one of five
orders of living cephalopods: squid (Order Teuthoidea), cuttlefishes (Order Sepioidea),
octopuses (Order Octopoda), vampire squid (Order Vampyromorpha) and chambered
nautiluses (Order Nautiloidea). Octopods possess eight circumoral arms, and lack tentacles
which are present in squid and cuttlefishes. The chemical composition and food properties of
Octopus head showed that it has many high nutritional qualities. It is low in fat but high in
protein, carbohydrate, ash and proportion of energy due to protein. The amino acids profile
contained many amino acids close to or even greater than the values in whole hen's egg,
FAO/WHO and pre-school child (2-5 y) standards. EAAI, BV, Lys/Trp and Met/Trp values
established the high quality of the amino acids
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- HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC (NCE), KATSINA, KATSINA STATE 4
- Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina, Katsina State 5
- Heritage Polytechnic, Ikot Udota, Akwa Ibom State 46
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