Bioaccumulation of Cu, Zn, Hg in muscles and liver tissues of stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) from the southern Caspian Sea was measured. Effects of condition factor (CF), age and hepatosomatic index (HSI) on metal accumulation were also determined. Some 40 stellate sturgeons were collected using gill nets in winter and spring 2007-2008 from the southern shores of the Caspian S...

The present work aimed to determine the nutritional composition (ash, protein, fat, carbohydrate content and energy value), phenolic compounds, pigments organic acids of three typical red algae from Northwest Spain: Chondrus crispus, Mastocarpus stellatus, Gigartina pistillata; as well their antioxidant antimicrobial activities. Furthermore, compared two extraction techniques: conventional heat...