Avaliação bioquímica e nutricional da farinha de algas marinhas arribadas da costa cearense

Abstract

Washed-up seaweeds were collected monthly along one year period in Fleixeiras Beach, Trairi, Ceará, Brazil. They were washed in tap water, air-dried and ground to a fine meal. A mixture composed of equal portions of 12 samples of seaweeds were used for all the experimental work which consisted of proximal analysis, determination of heavy metal concentration, analysis of protein aminogram, screening for toxic and antinutritional components (such as lectins, phytic acid, tannins, trypsin inhibitors and a-amylase inhibitors), LD50 determination of seaweed water extract and protein concentrate and the feeding trials with rats. [...]