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	331.5^NS± 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	22.24^NS ± 2.72
	% variation = −51.59		% variation = −30.00
Accessory respiratory organ	48.20 ± 3.58	16.68***± 3.13	24.721 ± 2.98	20.483^NS ± 2.77
	% variation = −65.38		% variation = −17.14
Pectoral muscle	44.01 ± 2.52	42.18^NS ± 3.54	21.71 ± 2.77	42.38* ± 4.76
	% variation = −4.16		% variation = +95.12
Lateral line muscle	39.86 ± 1.85	35.68^NS ± 1.67	14.30 ± 2.56	22.24* ± 2.46
	% variation = −10.475		% variation = +55.576

Each value is mean of SE ± of 𝑛=6 individual observations.
𝑃<0.02^∗, 𝑃<0.05^∗∗, and 𝑃<0.001^∗∗. NS: not significant