Table 1. Total biomolecule concentrations in the tissues of fish Mastacembelus mastacembelus and tapeworm tissues Senga mastacembeli

Biomolecules (mg/g wet weight)	Tissues of tapeworm		Uninfected fish		Infected fish
	Mean ± SD1)	CV (%)	Mean ± SD1)	CV (%)	Mean ± SD1)	CV (%)
Worm and fish intestinal proteins	106.9 ± 0.92a	0.86	232.2 ± 0.91c	0.39	178.6 ± 0.91b	0.51
Worm and fish intestinal carbohydrates	94.5 ± 1.13a	1.20	183.3 ± 3.37c	1.84	122.1 ± 2.81b	2.30
Worm and fish intestinal carbohydrates / proteins ratio	0.888 ± 0.01c	1.35	0.789 ± 0.04b	4.69	0. 682 ± 0.03a	4.55
Fish liver proteins	-	-	185.2 ± 0.23c	0.12	153.1 ± 0.47b	0.31

Each value represents the mean of three replicates ± SD.
Letters that differ horizontally signify a significant difference at the probability level (p ≤ 0.05), according to Duncan's test.
CV, coefficient of variation.