%0 Journal Article %T Caracterizaci¨®n de un hidrolizado proteico enzim¨¢tico obtenido del pez caribe colorado (pygocentrus cariba humboldt, 1821) %A Bel¨¦n Camacho %A Douglas R %A Moreno ¨¢lvarez %A Mario Jos¨¦ %A Garc¨ªa %A David %A Medina %A Carlos %A Sidorovas %A Ang¨¦lica %J Interciencia %D 2007 %I Interciencia Association %X the goal of this work was to obtain protein hydrolysates by means of enzymatic reaction from colored £¿caribe£¿ fish (pygocentrus cariba humboldt, 1821). a sample of 50kg of adult specimens, from the ig¨¹es river (el ba¨²l, cojedes, venezuela) was selected. every specimen was cut manually with a knife; the muscular tissue without skin was ground in an electric grinder, packed in polyethylene bags and stored at -18oc. hydrolysis was catalyzed by means of a food grade commercial protease (alcalase£¿ 2.4l). the maximum hydrolysis degree (hd) obtained was 10.5%. the yield in dried protein hydrolysate (dph) increased with hd and its maximum value was 13.7g dph/100g of moist grounded muscle. proximate analysis and functional properties of hydrolysates showed significant differences (p<0.05). protein hydrolysis of the colored caribe fish with alcalase£¿ is a commendable alternative to profit from this underutilized species. %K hidrolizado proteico de pescado %K peces caribes %K pygocentrus. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0378-18442007000300011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en