Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Canthaxanthin- and α-Tocopherol-Loaded Liposomes on Growth and Muscle Pigmentation of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Table 1

Composition of artificially composed fish feeds used in the feeding trial.

Diet	Dietary treatments	Weight in diets (mg)
		Lecithin	α-Tocopherol	Canthaxanthin
I	Commercial diet	—	—	—
II	Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg lecithin	1000	—	—
III	Commercial diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg α-tocopherol	—	100	—
IV	Commercial diet supplemented with 20 mg/kg canthaxanthin	—	—	20
V	Commercial diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg α-tocopherol and 20 mg/kg canthaxanthin	—	100	20
VI	Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes	990	10	—
VII	Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin-loaded liposomes (IC = 1%)	990	—	10
VIII	Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes (IC = 0.1%)	990	9	1
IX	Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes (IC = 0.5%)	950	45	5
X	Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes (IC = 1%)	900	90	10