Research Article
Glycolipids as Potential Energy Molecules during Starvation in Climbing Perch, Anabas testudineus (Bloch)
Table 1
Glycolipid levels in different tissues during short-term and long-term starvation in A. testudineus.
| Tissue | Short-term starvation | Long-term starvation | Control | Experimental | Control | Experimental |
| Liver | 303.6 ± 13.84 | 331.5NS ± 20.14 | 438.6 ± 16.6 | 177.9*** ± 12.2 | % variation = +0.0918 | % variation = −59.439 |
| Values expressed as mg of galactose | Kidney | 14.83 ± 2.75 | 35.21** ± 5.30 | 91.10 ± 6.89 | 29.66*** ± 2.11 | % variation = +137.430 | % variation = −67.437 | Brain | 28.72 ± 4.84 | 13.905** ± 3.44 | 31.78 ± 4.34 | 22.24NS ± 2.72 | % variation = −51.59 | % variation = −30.00 | Accessory respiratory organ | 48.20 ± 3.58 | 16.68***± 3.13 | 24.721 ± 2.98 | 20.483NS ± 2.77 | % variation = −65.38 | % variation = −17.14 | Pectoral muscle | 44.01 ± 2.52 | 42.18NS ± 3.54 | 21.71 ± 2.77 | 42.38* ± 4.76 | % variation = −4.16 | % variation = +95.12 | Lateral line muscle | 39.86 ± 1.85 | 35.68NS ± 1.67 | 14.30 ± 2.56 | 22.24* ± 2.46 | % variation = −10.475 | % variation = +55.576 |
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Each value is mean of SE ± of individual observations. , , and . NS: not significant
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