Table 3. The compositions of whole body and muscle in juvenile red drum Sciaenops ocellatus fed different dietary vitamin C diets for 70 days (g/kg wet weight)

Parameters Vitamin C concentration (mg/kg)
0 100 200 400 600 800 1,000
Protein (%) 16.73 ± 0.04a 18.83 ± 0.12d 19.89 ± 0.02d 19.95 ± 0.03d 19.71 ± 0.04b 19.65 ± 0.02d 19.20 ± 0.15c
Lipid (%) 1.29 ± 0.04abc 1.54 ± 0.01a 2.31 ± 0.07ab 3.01 ± 0.20bc 1.89 ± 0.04d 1.78 ± 0.02cd 1.64 ± 0.03ab
Ash (%) 4.34 ± 0.03a 4.50 ± 0.02e 4.68 ± 0.01bc 4.78 ± 0.01cd 4.92 ± 0.02d 5.03 ± 0.01cd 5.37 ± 0.07ab
Moisture (%) 74.20 ± 0.01d 74.39 ± 0.04c 74.55 ± 0.01a 74.70 ± 0.01a 74.76 ± 0.01b 75.00 ± 0.09b 75.61 ± 0.05a
Values are means ± SE.
Values with different superscript letters within a row are significantly different (p < 0.05).