Table 3. Amino acid composition of the experimental diets (%, amino acid) for red seabream (Pagrus major)

CON MX20 MX40
Essential amino acids
 Arg 5.62 5.54 5.37
 His 3.60 3.33 2.93
 Ile 8.03 3.79 3.65
 met 2.99 3.81 3.88
 Leu 8.23 8.27 8.15
 Lys 8.03 7.80 7.50
 Phe 3.71 3.71 3.98
 Thr 4.79 4.23 3.88
 Val 4.90 4.91 4.58
Non-essential amino acids
 Ala 6.26 6.52 6.47
 Asp 9.26 8.76 8.40
 Cys 2.00 0.95 1.18
 Glu 15.7 16.5 16.8
 Gly 5.82 6.61 6.86
 Pro 5.78 7.22 7.42
 Ser 4.37 4.38 4.20
 Tyr 3.27 1.90 2.89
CON, considered as control.