Effects of Dietary Carbohydrate Levels on the Growth and Glucose Metabolism of Juvenile Swimming Crab, Portunus trituberculatus

Table 5

Hemolymph metabolites of Portunus trituberculatus fed with different carbohydrate levels for 8 weeks.

Index	Dietary carbohydrate levels (g kg^-1)
	0	60	120	180	240	300
Total protein (g l^-1)
Glucose (mmol l^-1)	^a	^b	^b	^b	^ab	^ab
Triglyceride (mmol l^-1)
Lactic acid (mmol l^-1)	^abc	^c	^c	^bc	^a	^ab
Pyruvate (μmol ml^-1)	^ab	^ab	^a	^a	^b	4^ab
Insulin-like (mU l^-1)
CHH (mU l^-1)	^a	^bc	^c	^ab	^ab	^a

Data are presented as the of three replicates (). Means in each line with different superscript letters are significantly different (). CHH: crustacean hyperglycemic hormone.