Re: cholesterol in shrimps and other crustaceans

From: Thanh Binh (foodagu@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 04 2006 - 22:02:40 PDT

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    Hi Clive Askew,
       
      A book "Seafood the Good Food II" by Mooney at al. (2002) (CSIRO, Australia) has some data on cholesterol in Australian shrimp such as School prawn (Metapenaeus macleayi) (85mg cholesterol/100g ww); Royal red prawn (H. sibogae) (119mg cholesterol/100g ww); freshwater prawn (M. rosenbergii) (86 mm/100g ww); Scampi (M. boschmai) (66mg/100g ww), etc...
       
      Cheers,
       
      Binh
       
      

    Clive Askew <clive@sagb.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
                  Dear list,
      The recent correspondence on cholesterol in albacore has reminded me of the difficulties I have had getting any recent data on cholesterol in shrimps, prawns and other crustacea. I have read that current thinking is that much of what was originally recorded as cholesterol is now found to be other sterols related to plant sterols, and hence likely to reduce rather than raise blood cholesterol. However I have been unable to find recent papers on this. Can anyone help please?
      Thanks.
      Clive Askew
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      London

                    
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