Nutritional Composition of Fatty Acids and Amino Acids of the Fermented Scomberomorus tritor in Benin

In Benin fermented fish (lanhouin) are often considered as food reserved for poor people, so these are commodities considered as by-products of fishing. To get the population to consider fermented fish as first choice food products, we decided to determine the fatty acid and amino acid composition of fermented Scomberomorus tritor. For this, after fermentation and drying of Scomberomorus tritor, gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC / MS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used as methods of analysis. The results of these analyzes revealed thirty-five (35) fatty acids, including fifteen (15) saturated fatty acids (SFA), nine (09) monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and eleven (11) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and seventeen (17)) amino acids including nine (09) non-essential amino acids and eight (08) essential amino acids counted in fermented Scomberomorus tritor. Therefore, these results show a very large richness in nutrients (fatty acids and amino acids) of the fermented Scomberomorus tritor