Research Article

Dietary Supplement of Microalgal Astaxanthin Extraction Improved Shell Pigmentation and Nutritional Value of Litopenaeus vannamei in an Indoor Industrial Aquaculture System

Table 4

Muscle amino acids profile in shrimp fed with MAAE diet or control diet for 30 days (g 100 g-1).

MAAEControl

Aspab
Thrba
Serab
Gluba
Glyaa
Alaab
Cys3ba
Valab
MetNDND
IIeba
Leuaa
Tyraa
Pheaa
Lysaa
Hisab
Argaa
Proba
EAAaa
NEAAa8a
Totalaa

Note: Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments in the same line (). Abbreviations: ND: no ingredients detected (<0.0075); EAA: essential amino acid, the sum of Lys, Phe, Met, Thr, IIe, Leu, Val, His; NEAA: nonessential amino acid, the sum of the other amino acids.