Table 6.
Effect of experimental diets on total pigments and tocopherol profile (µg/g) in longissimus lumborum.
| Diets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | CH | CH + R | CH + M | SEM | p-Value | |
| Pigments | ||||||
| β-Carotene | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | - | - |
| Chlorophyll-a 1 | 6.87 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 2.92 | 0.107 |
| Chlorophyll-b 2 | 13.3 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 25.0 | 5.44 | 0.420 |
| Total chlorophylls 3 | 20.2 | 36.5 | 36.0 | 41.4 | 8.30 | 0.273 |
| Total carotenoids 4 | 3.75 a | 7.14 b | 7.99 b | 7.51 b | 0.819 | 0.002 |
| Total chlorophylls and total carotenoids 5 | 23.9 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 48.9 | 8.49 | 0.154 |
| Tocopherols | ||||||
| α-Tocopherol | 1.13 | 1.08 | 0.947 | 1.03 | 0.066 | 0.257 |
| γ-Tocopherol | 0.025 | 0.024 | 0.026 | 0.027 | 0.001 | 0.217 |
Dietary treatments: CH, Chlorella vulgaris diet; CH + R, C. vulgaris diet supplemented with 0.005% of Rovabio® Excel AP; CH + M, C. vulgaris diet supplemented with 0.01% of four-CAZyme mixture. 1 Ca = 11.24 A662 − 2.04 A645. 2 Cb = 20.13 A645 − 4.19 A662. 3 Ca + b = 7.05 A662 + 18.09 A645. 4 Cx + c = (1000 A470 − 1.90 Ca − 63.14 Cb)/214. 5 (Ca + b) + (Cx + c); n.d., not detected. a,b Values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05). Bolded words thorought the table are topic headings.