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).