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Table 3 The nutrition composition and physicochemical parameter in the muscle of grass carp

From: Dietary protein levels changed the hardness of muscle by acting on muscle fiber growth and the metabolism of collagen in sub-adult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Items

Dietary protein levels

Linear

Quadratic

15.91%

19.39%

22.10%

25.59%

28.53%

31.42%

F

P

F

P

Moisture, %

78.99 ± 2.30b

76.44 ± 0.53ab

75.46 ± 0.96a

75.35 ± 1.29a

76.90 ± 4.95ab

76.34 ± 0.75ab

2.22

0.15

5.20

 < 0.05

Crude protein, %

15.38 ± 1.50a

18.46 ± 0.69bc

19.36 ± 1.04c

20.83 ± 0.91d

19.02 ± 1.78bc

17.84 ± 0.34b

15.51

 < 0.01

56.16

 < 0.01

Crude lipid, %

3.51 ± 0.10a

3.72 ± 0.16ab

4.03 ± 0.16c

3.93 ± 0.39bc

3.72 ± 0.32ab

3.71 ± 0.14ab

1.25

0.27

12.81

 < 0.01

Cooking loss, %

22.78 ± 1.67a

23.11 ± 0.64a

23.00 ± 0.68a

24.72 ± 0.74b

25.04 ± 0.44b

26.86 ± 0.53c

85.30

 < 0.01

7.66

 < 0.01

pH24h

6.46 ± 0.03ab

6.52 ± 0.05ab

6.49 ± 0.07ab

6.50 ± 0.14ab

6.53 ± 0.02b

6.41 ± 0.12a

0.38

0.54

3.68

0.06

Lactate, mmol/g prot

3.72 ± 0.26b

2.83 ± 0.36a

2.79 ± 0.32a

2.92 ± 0.19a

2.96 ± 0.21a

3.00 ± 0.10a

12.24

 < 0.01

26.55

 < 0.01

  1. Values are means ± SD and n = 6 for each group. a-d Different superscripts in the same row indicate significantly difference (P < 0.05)