摘要：Nutritional amenities attainable from the raw dry fishes of different traditional communities of Tripura are very exigent in health care system. Consumption of dry fishes by the tribal denomination of Tripura is demotic. The main aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the nutritional value of certain dry fishes consumed by the tribal people of Tripura, India, and to determine the change in nutritional component after 120 days of storage. Dry fish of five different freshwater small indigenous fish species i.e. mola (Ambylpharyngodon mola), dhela (Osteobrama cotio cotio), chapila (Gudusia chapra), punti (Puntius sofora) and tengra (Mystus vittatus) were selected in this study. Different parameters like proximate composition, protein fraction, profiling of amino acid and mineral composition were analyzed immediately after collection of dry fishes and after storage of 120 days. Results showed that the dry fishes are a good source of protein and minerals. Highest protein content (68.36 % DM) was observed in chapila, whereas punti sample contains highest fat (8.92 % DM) and carbohydrate (18.86 % DM) after collection. The current work pretended a miniature change in proximate composition on post-storage. Moisture content was increased on post-storage than prestorage due to the absorption of moisture during the storage period. A slight increase in mineral composition was observed in dry fish sample after storage. Moreover individual protein fraction quantity and amino acid profile decreased due to denaturation of protein after 120 days of storage.
