%0 Journal Article %T Efeito do beneficiamento sobre o valor nutricional do peixe mandim (Arius spixii) %A Oliveira %A Fabiana Rodrigues de %A Lira %A Giselda Macena %A Torres %A Elizabeth Aparecida Ferraz da Silva %A Soares %A Rosana Aparecida Man¨®lio %A Mendon£¿a %A Simone %A Silva %A Kelly Walkyria Barros da %A Simon %A Sarah Jana¨ªna Gurgel Bechtinger %A Santos %A Tatiana Maria Palmeira dos %A Cabral Junior %A Cyro Rego %J Revista Brasileira de Ci¨ºncias Farmac¨ºuticas %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1516-93322008000400012 %X in an attempt to analyze how processing enhances the nutritional value of the mandim fish (arius spixii) marketed in macei¨®-al, brazil, the following nutritional components were determined in fresh and processed (salted-dried) fish: centesimal composition, calorie count, chloride, fatty acid and cholesterol profile. the presence of cholesterol oxides was also investigated. respective results for fresh and processed mandim fish were: moisture (70.13% and 40.31%), proteins (51.73% and 38.07%, dried), carbohyrdrates (4.67% and 2.24%, dried), calories (486 kcal/100g and 367 kcal/100g, dried), fatty acids (polyunsaturared 14,54% and 15,49%, £¿mega-3 8,51% and 6,51%), cholesterol (82.66 mg/100g and 61.30 mg/100g) and oxides (7-ketocholesterol 8.31 ¦Ìg/g and 17.90 ¦Ìg/g). these figures clearly showed that processing led to significant change in the nutritional value of the mandim fish. %K fish [nutritional value] %K fish [processing] %K fish [centesimal composition] %K chloride [determination in fish] %K fatty acids [determination in fish] %K cholesterol oxides [determination in fish]. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-93322008000400012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en