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Table 1 Muscle composition of hybrid bagrid catfish fed experimental diets containing graded levels of Ile for 8 weeks

From: Dietary isoleucine improved flesh quality, muscle antioxidant capacity, and muscle growth associated with AKT/TOR/S6K1 and AKT/FOXO3a signaling in hybrid bagrid catfish (Pelteobagrus vachelli♀ × Leiocassis longirostris♂)

Items

Dietary Ile levels, g/kg

SEM

P-values

5.0

7.5

10.0

12.5

15.0

17.5

20.0

Linear

Quadratic

Moisture

74.82a

73.90b

72.22d

71.75e

73.49c

74.02b

73.99b

0.06

<  0.01

<  0.0001

Protein

16.89a

17.71c

18.59d

18.80d

17.67c

17.34b

17.35b

0.07

0.45

<  0.0001

Lipid

5.99a

6.14b

6.82e

7.06f

6.81de

6.68cd

6.57c

0.03

<  0.0001

<  0.0001

Ash

1.63

1.62

1.64

1.63

1.65

1.62

1.62

0.01

0.93

<  0.05

  1. Values are means ± SEM of three replicate groups with 6 fish in each group. Values within the same rows having different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)