Table 5 Influences of dietary bentonite on serum lipid profile of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax).

From: Bentonite-supplemented diets improved fish performance ammonia excretion haemato-biochemical analyses immunity antioxidants and histological characteristics of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax

Serum lipid parameters

Treatments

B0.0

B0.5

B1.0

B1.5

B3.0

B4.5

Cholesterol (CHO)

281.0 ± 7.0b

199.0 ± 3.0c

299.0 ± 12.0ab

190.0 ± 3.0c

319.0 ± 8.0a

325.0 ± 8.0a

Triglyceride (TG)

208.0 ± 3.0c

218.5 ± 9.5c

296.0 ± 3.0b

279.5 ± 1.5b

325.0 ± 9.0a

323.5 ± 5.5a

HDL

94.5 ± 0.5c

62.5 ± 1.5d

95.5 ± 0.5c

58.5 ± 1.5d

126.5 ± 5.5b

138.0 ± 5.0a

LDL

119.5 ± 1.5bc

85.0 ± 2.0d

132.5 ± 1.5a

75.0 ± 1.0d

126.5 ± 2.5ab

114.5 ± 6.5c

  1. The values with a different superscript in the same row are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05). Where B0 = 0% bentonite, B0.5 = 0.5% bentonite, B1 = 1% bentonite, B1.5 = 1.5% bentonite, B3.0 = 3.0% bentonite, and B4.5 = 4.5% bentonite.