Table 1.

Proximate analysis of the foot tissue from three different turban snails

Species	Proximate contents (%)
	Ash	Moisture	Lipid	Protein	Carbohydrate
L. torquata a	2.10 ± 0.14	68.50 ± 0.64a	8.46 ± 0.52a	18.03 ± 0.41a	2.92 ± 0.50
L. undulata	1.97 ± 0.11	70.83 ± 0.95b	5.20 ± 0.61b	18.49 ± 0.47a	3.51 ± 0.53
T. militaris a	2.14 ± 0.05	73.08 ± 1.15b	5.57 ± 1.07ab	16.19 ± 0.11b	3.02 ± 0.52

Significant differences between species (P < 0.05) are indicated by different superscript letters in the same column.

^aMeans and ± SEs from 4 replicates (except L. undulata = 6 replicates).