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. 2013 Sep 16;5(9):1555–1573. doi: 10.3390/toxins5091555

Table 4.

Proximate composition of red drum (fresh-weight basis) 1,2.

Variable % Lipid % Protein % Moisture % Ash Variable % Lipid % Protein % Moisture % Ash
AFB1 (ppm) Individual treatment means AFB1 (ppm) NS (%) Individual treatment means
0 2.70 a 76.01 78.38 16.38 ab 0 0 2.21 76.01 78.30 3.54
0.1 2.37 ab 74.45 79.34 17.56 a 5 0 1.98 76.52 79.29 3.73
0.25 1.97 bcd 70.06 79.67 13.64 b 5 1 2.20 73.92 76.91 4.28
0.5 2.42 ab 74.33 77.69 16.72 ab 5 2 2.19 72.93 79.04 4.35
1 2.17 abc 71.64 78.71 18.04 a p-Value 0.510 0.723 0.173 0.629
2 1.45 d 74.20 84.55 19.43 a Pooled Std. Error 0.022 0.488 0.140 0.098
3 1.77 cd 71.64 80.60 17.22 a AFB1 (ppm) NS (%) Means of main effect
5 1.98 bcd 76.52 79.29 18.02 a 0 2.21 76.01 78.38 3.54
R2 0.211 0.021 0.024 0.109 5 2.12 74.46 78.41 4.12
p-Value 0.002 0.476 0.452 0.038 0 2.10 76.20 78.83 3.64
Pooled Std. Error 0.033 0.441 0.402 1.728 1 2.20 73.90 76.91 4.28
2 2.19 72.90 79.04 4.35
ANOVA: p-Values
AFB1 0.534 0.611 0.964 0.357
NS 0.394 0.604 0.095 0.663

1 Values are means of determinations on three fish from each of the three replicates (n =3). 2 Values in a column that do not have the same superscript letters are significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test (p < 0.05).