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

Table 5

Amino acids profile (%) of Persian sturgeon (A. persicus) larvae after 11 days of feeding with different live foods (mean ± SE; n = 3).

		Treatments
		Artemia + Daphnia	Artemia	Artemia + Chironomid	Chironomid
EAA	Histidine	1.83 ± 0.03	2.85 ± 0.27	3.63 ± 0.13	2.80 ± 0.78
	Leucine	7.15 ± 0.28^a	4.97 ± 0.23^b	5.60 ± 0.20^b	5.28 ± 0.12^b
	Isoleucine	1.48 ± 0.47	1.47 ± 0.00	1.67 ± 0.01	1.64 ± 0.09
	Lysine	5.26 ± 0.59	5.11 ± 0.54	6.16 ± 0.08	5.88 ± 0.66
	Threonine	2.55 ± 0.47	3.94 ± 0.20	3.10 ± 0.27	3.10 ± 0.13
	Valine	4.44 ± 0.39	3.06 ± 0.49	3.87 ± 0.24	3.57 ± 0.01
	Methionine	2.44 ± 0.53	2.54 ± 0.02	2.61 ± 0.08	2.61 ± 0.25
	Phenylalanine	12.12 ± 2.60	12.38 ± 0.99	8.24 ± 0.38	10.70 ± 0.00
	Tyrosine	1.20 ± 0.10	3.71 ± 0.18	3.71 ± 0.66	3.04 ± 1.61
Non-EAA	Aspartic acid	8.85 ± 0.17	8.79 ± 0.39	8.12 ± 0.74	8.13 ± 0.95
	Glutamine	20.91 ± 0.28	18.17 ± 0.56	20.66 ± 0.12	20.61 ± 0.82
	Serine	4.33 ± 0.15	5.06 ± 0.15	6.83 ± 0.18	6.79 ± 0.38
	Glycine	8.49 ± 0.44	9.49 ± 0.27	8.98 ± 0.01	8.24 ± 0.12
	Alanine	6.74 ± 0.20	5.25 ± 0.35	5.92 ± 0.02	5.62 ± 0.38
	Proline	5.03 ± 0.17	5.23 ± 0.16	5.05 ± 0.18	5.71 ± 0.38
	Hydroxyproline	2.71 ± 0.32	3.91 ± 0.03	3.47 ± 0.10	3.07 ± 0.24
Total	EAA	42.93 ± 1.09	44.10 ± 0.09	42.80 ± 0.36	42.95 ± 2.78
	Non-EAA	57.07 ± 1.09	55.90 ± 0.09	57.20 ± 0.36	57.05 ± 2.78

Dissimilar letters in each row indicate a significant difference between different treatments ().