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Fatty Acid Composition of Freshwater Fish Consumed by Indigenous<br />

Tribes at Lake Kenyir, Terengganu.<br />

Nurul A’silah binti Mat Jamal<br />

Supervisor: Associate Prof. Dr. (Jamilah binti Mohd. Salim@Halim)<br />

Bachelor of Applied Science<br />

(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Sciences<br />

Indigenous tribes at Lake Kenyir which are Semoq Beri and Bateq has been<br />

practicing fishing for a long time and had considered it as one of food sources.<br />

The aims of this study is to determine fatty acid composition of selected<br />

freshwater fish and to compare the data from World Health Organization. To<br />

indicate dietary intake of freshwater fish consumed by indigenous tribes at Lake<br />

Kenyir, fatty acid composition of the fish oil was analyzed and quantified using<br />

gas chromatography after being converted into methyl ester derivative. Total<br />

lipids extracted from six selected freshwater fish were analyzed for their total<br />

fat and 37 fatty acids composition. The result showed most of the fish contained<br />

less than 10% lipid by g/100g tissue of flesh. Hemibagrus capitulum (baung)<br />

have the highest percentage yield of oil while Channa striata (Haruan) have the<br />

lowest percentage yield of oil than the others fish species.<br />

1779 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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