Chemical Composition and Amino Acid Profile of Channidae Collected From Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Family channidae occurs abundantly in Central Kalimantan, cheap price, has high albumin level, and benefits in wound healing process and post-surgery. So far, general public knows channidae as snakehead, Channa striata, but there are several members of this family that have not been used as high fish albumin yet. Based on proximate analysis, the highest protein level was recorded in common snakehead (Channa striata), 20.83%, the lowest fat and water content were recorded in giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), 0.22%,The highest albumin level was recorded in Toman (channa micropelthes), 8.26 % in filtrate and 3.50 in flesh, respectively, and the highest zn was also found in Toman (channa micropelthes), 2.59%. As a whole, there are 14 amino acids distributed among members of family channidase