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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Determination of cholesterol level in different animal protein extracted from meats sold in Mbaitoli local government area, Imo state

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Edward O. C 1, Nwafor I. A 1, *, Opara U. L 1, Iroka P. C 1 and Irechukwu O.E 2

1 Department of Biology and Microbiology, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Environmental Biology, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(03), 097-104
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1735
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1735
 
Received on 18 July 2023; revised on 28 August 2023; accepted on 31 August 2023
 
The objective of this study was to detect and determine the cholesterol level in different animal proteins. Five different animal meat samples, including beef, pork, deer meat, goat meat, and rabbit meat, were used for this study. UV-spectrophotometric analysis and gas-chromatographic analysis (Gas Chromatography Mod Agilent 6890 CA, USA, equipped with an on-column automatic injector) were employed. Oils from the different meats were extracted using a Soxhlet extractor. UV-Spectrophotometric analysis of different animal meat samples revealed that beef had the highest value of cholesterol (17.73 mg/L), while pork had the least value (8.08 mg/L). Gas-chromatographic analysis of saturated fatty acids from different animal meat samples revealed that deer had the highest percentage of saturated fatty acids (85.21%), while pork had the least percentage (68.99%). The gas-chromatographic analysis of unsaturated fatty acids from different animal meat samples revealed that pork had the highest percentage of unsaturated fatty acids (31.01%), while beef had the least percentage (14.55%). From the statistical analysis of variance for saturated fatty acids in different meat samples Since the p-value of 0.11 is greater than 0.05 (p > 0.05), this implies that there is no significant difference in the values of saturated fatty acids in different meat samples.
 
Animal; Cholesterol; Fatty acids; Saturated; Protein; Oils; Unsaturated
 
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Edward O. C, Nwafor I. A, Opara U. L, Iroka P. C and Irechukwu O.E. Determination of cholesterol level in different animal protein extracted from meats sold in Mbaitoli local government area, Imo state. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(3), 097-104. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1735

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