Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Canthaxanthin- and α-Tocopherol-Loaded Liposomes on Growth and Muscle Pigmentation of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Table 5
Color scores of fillets taken from rainbow trout treated with different formulated diets at the initial time point and after one, two, and three months of experimental feeding (n=3).
Diet
Experimental diets
0 th month
1st month
2nd month
3rd month
I
Commercial diet
20.56 ± 0.88
23.11 ± 1.10
24.67 ± 1.10
25.00 ± 1.41
II
Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg lecithin
20.33 ± 0.71
23.22 ± 1.20
24.78 ± 1.20
25.22 ± 1.39
III
Commercial diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg α-tocopherol
20.56 ± 1.13
23.22 ± 1.00
24.44 ± 1.00
25.11 ± 1.27
IV
Commercial diet supplemented with 20 mg/kg canthaxanthin
20.89 ± 0.78
26.67 ± 1.00
28.33 ± 1.00
29.78 ± 1.20
V
Commercial diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg α-tocopherol and 20 mg/kg canthaxanthin
20.11 ± 0.78
27.00 ± 1.1
29.11 ± 0.80
30.56 ± 1.01
VI
Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes
Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes (IC = 0.1%)
20.33 ± 1.00
25.00 ± 1.40
27.11 ± 1.30
28.78 ± 1.30
IX
Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes (IC = 0.5%)
20.67 ± 1.00
26.67 ± 0.70
28.89 ± 0.80
30.00 ± 0.71
X
Commercial diet supplemented with 1 g/kg canthaxanthin- and α-tocopherol-loaded liposomes (IC = 1%)
20.44 ± 1.13
26.89 ± 0.80
29.33 ± 1.10
30.22 ± 1.39
Color values for each muscle were made in agreement with three researchers. Figures resulted from triplicate measurements and are presented as mean ± SE.
