Table 3 Effect of dietary treatments on hepatic α-tocopherol (mg/100 g) and pigments (µg/100 g liver). Ctrl control diet, LA control + 10% Laminaria digitata, LAR LA + 0.005% Rovabio® Excel AP, LAL LA + 0.01% alginate lyase, SEM standard error of the means. Values with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.
Ctrl | LA | LAR | LAL | SEM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
α-Tocopherol | 164 | 168 | 154 | 151 | 0.095 | 0.565 |
Pigments | ||||||
Chlorophyll-a | 17.8 | 16.3 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 2.48 | 0.764 |
Chlorophyll-b | 43.4 | 46.0 | 53.6 | 43.7 | 7.75 | 0.765 |
Total chlorophylls | 61.2 | 62.2 | 73.4 | 62.8 | 9.58 | 0.787 |
Total carotenoids | 115 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 5.41 | 0.984 |
Total chlorophylls + carotenoids | 176 | 179 | 191 | 179 | 11.9 | 0.826 |