The Effect of Feeding with Chironomid and Artemia on Fatty Acids and Amino Acids Profiles in Persian Sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) Larvae

Table 4

Amino acids profile (%) of live foods used to feed the Persian sturgeon (A. persicus) larvae (mean ± SE; n = 3).

AA		Chironomid	Artemia	Daphnia
EAA	Arginine	5.03 ± 0.10^b	6.34 ± 0.16^a	4.59 ± 0.11^b
	Histidine	4.79 ± 0.24^a	4.55 ± 0.14^a	2.56 ± 0.15^b
	Leucine	4.39 ± 0.06^b	6.64 ± 0.10^a	3.69 ± 0.23^b
	Isoleucine	1.36 ± 0.11^b	3.07 ± 0.11^a	1.60 ± 0.23^b
	Lysine	1.35 ± 0.09^c	5.79 ± 0.10^b	19.45 ± 0.15^a
	Threonine	2.96 ± 0.12^a	3.58 ± 0.12^a	1.31 ± 0.23^b
	Valine	3.67 ± 0.11^ab	4.62 ± 0.13^a	3.60 ± 0.21^b
	Methionine	2.88 ± 0.08^b	4.36 ± 0.10^a	3.02 ± 0.17^b
	Phenylalanine	13.23 ± 0.05^a	6.64 ± 0.14^b	13.88 ± 0.46^a
	Tyrosine	6.01 ± 0.09^a	4.89 ± 0.12^b	4.70 ± 0.21^b
Non-EAA	Aspartic acid	9.09 ± 0.03^a	8.28 ± 0.11^a	6.79 ± 0.12^b
	Glutamine	18.24 ± 0.06^a	9.88 ± 0.08^c	12.98 ± 0.22^b
	Serine	7.28 ± 0.07^a	7.16 ± 0.14^a	4.91 ± 0.14^b
	Glycine	6.55 ± 0.21^b	10.80 ± 0.10^a	5.47 ± 0.28^b
	Alanine	6.29 ± 0.26^a	6.02 ± 0.13^b	5.08 ± 0.20^ab
	Proline	5.49 ± 0.08^b	7.29 ± 0.12^a	4.18 ± 0.21^c
	Hydroxyproline	1.21 ± 0.09^b	0.00 ± 0.00^c	2.21 ± 0.26^a
Total	EAA	45.87 ± 0.25^c	50.57 ± 0.40^b	58.39 ± 0.25^a
	Non-EAA	54.13 ± 0.25^a	49.43 ± 0.40^b	41.61 ± 0.24^c

Dissimilar letters in each row indicate a significant difference among the treatments ().