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

Table 3

EE and DL of blank lecithin liposome, canthaxanthin-loaded liposomes, α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes, canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes with IC = 0.1%, canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes with IC = 0.5%, and canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes with IC = 1%.

Liposomes	EE (%)	DL (%)
Blank lecithin liposome	—	—
Canthaxanthin-loaded liposomes	59.6 ± 2.3	2.39 ± 0.23
α-Tocopherol-loaded liposomes	—	—
Canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes, IC = 0.1%	85.3 ± 2.1	1.87 ± 0.35
Canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes, IC = 0.5%	72.9 ± 1.8	2.09 ± 0.13
Canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes, IC = 1%	55.3 ± 2.6	2.23 ± 0.21

Numbers resulted from triplicate measurements and are presented as mean value ± standard deviation.