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. 2019 Dec 23;14(12):e0222780. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222780

Table 4. Proximate composition of the muscle and the whole-body in juvenile pearl gentian grouper fed with diets containing various concentrations of FM replaced with SPC.

Items Diets
SPC0 SPC15 SPC 30 SPC45 SPC60 SPC75
Proximate composition of muscle (% WW(1))
Moisture 77.23 ± 0.39bc 77.04 ± 1.09c 77.66 ± 0.92bc 78.10 ± 0.97ab 78.90 ± 0.84a 78.60 ± 0.75a
Protein 19.76 ± 0.53a 19.82 ± 0.96a 19.40 ± 0.80a 17.76 ± 0.59b 18.20 ± 0.74b 17.96 ± 0.64b
Lipid 1.99 ± 0.23 1.87 ± 0.88 2.06 ± 0.20 2.00 ± 0.11 1.89 ± 0.12 1.90 ± 0.19
Ash 1.36 ± 0.01 1.39 ± 0.02 1.36 ± 0.01 1.39 ± 0.02 1.34 ± 0.02 1.38 ± 0.02
Proximate composition of whole body (% WW)
Moisture 69.73 ± 0.38a 69.74 ± 0.55a 70.36 ± 0.51b 70.67 ± 0.11b 70.64 ± 0.18b 71.88 ± 0.51c
Protein 18.01 ± 0.44b 18.05 ± 0.38b 19.17 ± 0.46a 18.69 ± 0.91a 17.21 ± 0.29c 16.95 ± 0.31c
lipid 5.17 ± 0.41b 5.58 ± 0.25a 5.49 ± 0.39ab 5.11 ± 0.38b 5.37 ± 0.17ab 5.44 ± 0.51ab
Ash 5.77 ± 0.09a 5.28 ± 0. 02b 4.87 ± 0.02c 4.66 ± 0.02c 4.43 ± 0.02cd 4.05 ± 0.00d

Values (mean ± SD, n = 3) within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). Absence of letters indicates no significant difference between treatments

(1) WW is wet weight