Table 7. Effects of dietary floral pigment supplementation on total carotenoid content (µg/g) in the whole body, skin and muscle of golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus)
Parameters (µg/g) | Treatments |
Control | D-Lt | D-Ws | D-Ma | D-Yb | D-Wc |
Skin | 10.7 ± 0.43a | 30.6 ± 1.50c | 56.3 ± 1.69e | 71.2 ± 2.90f | 19.5 ± 0.42b | 46.6 ± 1.94d |
Whole body | 1.30 ± 0.04a | 2.90 ± 0.05c | 3.27 ± 0.08d | 4.04 ± 0.06e | 1.97 ± 0.08b | 3.35 ± 0.18d |
Muscle | 0.10 ± 0.01a | 0.34 ± 0.01c | 0.50 ± 0.03d | 0.69 ± 0.05e | 0.25 ± 0.01b | 0.50 ± 0.02d |
Values represent means ± SE (n = 3).
Different letters in the same row indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).