Table 1 Ingredient composition and proximate analysis of experimental diets (% dry matter) of Curcumin fed to Pangasianodon hypophthalmus during the experimental period of 40 days.

Soybean meal^a

35.5

35.5

35.5

Fish meal^a

25

25

25

Groundnut meal^a

10

10

10

Wheat flour^a

17.2

17.1

17

Sunflower oil^a

4.5

4.5

4.5

Cod liver oil^a

1.5

1.5

1.5

CMC^b

2

2

2

Vitamin and mineral mix*

2

2

2

Vitamin C^c

0.3

0.3

0.3

Lecithin^b

2

2

2

Curcumin

0

0.1

0.2

100

100

100

Proximate composition of the diets

 Crude protein (CP)

34.88 ± 0.50

35.24 ± 0.09

35.36 ± 0.32

 Ether extract (EE)

9.28 ± 0.09

9.44 ± 0.19

9.34 ± 0.17

 Total carbohydrate (TC)

37.25 ± 0.78

36.46 ± 0.23

36.37 ± 0.56

 Organic matter (OM)

90.75 ± 0.04

90.71 ± 0.03

90.51 ± 0.14

 Dry matter (DM)

90.62 ± 0.16

90.47 ± 0.10

90.55 ± 0.07

 Digestible energy (DE)

353.49 ± 0.56

352.92 ± 0.70

352.25 ± 0.38