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Table 3 Activities of glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) and glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (GPT) in the hepatopancreas and muscle of sub-adult grass carp fed diets with graded levels of methionine for 8 wk1

From: The relationship between dietary methionine and growth, digestion, absorption, and antioxidant status in intestinal and hepatopancreatic tissues of sub-adult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Met, g/kg diet

2.21

4.24

6.22

8.25

10.24

12.26

Hepatopancreas

 GOT, U/g protein

13.82 ± 1.50a

22.83 ± 1.81c

23.88 ± 1.66c

24.35 ± 1.12c

32.43 ± 2.01d

20.97 ± 1.09b

 GPT, U/g protein

21.30 ± 1.44

21.54 ± 1.79

20.97 ± 0.96

20.60 ± 0.88

21.16 ± 1.24

20.60 ± 1.26

Muscle

 GOT, U/g protein

15.15 ± 1.37

15.87 ± 1.47

15.95 ± 1.35

15.96 ± 1.33

15.41 ± 0.76

15.11 ± 1.41

 GPT, U/g protein

3.46 ± 0.26b

4.64 ± 0.34c

10.74 ± 0.59e

11.25 ± 0.58e

6.92 ± 0.57d

1.45 ± 0.12a

Regression

 YGPT in muscle = −0.331X2 + 4.747X – 6.734

R 2 = 0.846

P = 0.060

  1. a-eMeans in the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)
  2. 1Values are mean ± SD (n = 6)