Vitamin A Content, Nutritional Value and Seasonal Variation of Proximate Composition of Indian Major Carps

Three species of Indian major carp (Labeo rohita,Catla catla,Cirrhinus mrigala) were collected from local fish market and fishing sites of river Brahmaputra for determining the nutritional value,seasonal variation of proximate composition and vitamin A content of these fishes.Results obtained show that there is no much significant seasonal variations in body composition of Indian major carp though exceptions are always there.The ratio of retinol: dehydroretinol is of not much difference.The lipid content is comparatively low with lowest in Labeo rohita but lipid subclasses vary in different parts of the body of same fish species.Protein content is seen maximum in Cirrhinus mrigal in comparision to the other two species.