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Vitamin and Mineral Contents in Shrimps, Oysters and Periwinkles Harvested from Brass Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjnfs.2022.v04i05.001

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Sea foods have been a very good source of nutrients to man. In this research, the nutritional value of three sea foods namely shrimps, oysters and periwinkles obtained from Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State were investigated. Vitamins were analyzed with HPLC, while the minerals were determined using AAS. From the findings, phosphorus is the most concentrated mineral in the three seafood studied, with significantly (p≥0.05) higher concentrations of 3112.860ppm±15.204, 2117.863ppm±22.625 and 2906.524ppm±31.850 in shrimp, oyster and periwinkle respectively. The least concentrated minerals were iron and zinc with values of 0.031ppm±0.000 and 0.043ppm±0.001 for Shrimp, 0.056ppm±0.002 and 0.112ppm±0.021 for oyster and 0.056ppm±0.005 and 0.026ppm±0.000 for periwinkle respectively. Despite the fact that oil exploitation activities in Bayelsa state results in pollution, Shrimps, oysters and periwinkles from the study still can still serve as sources of vitamins and minerals, hence, the findings of this study can be applied to future research on human nutrition.

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