Research Article

The Effect of Dietary Supplementation with Haematococcus pluvialis for Enhanced Pigmentation in Amphiprion ocellaris

Table 2

The astaxanthin extraction yields from H. pluvialis in different treatments.

TreatmentAstaxanthin yield (mg/g cell)Astaxanthin yield (mg/g cell) after chlorophyll is removed

Acetic acid-DMSO19.20 ± 0.49B,a15.80 ± 0.98B,b
HCl–acetone21.99 ± 0.52A,a20.41 ± 0.52A,a

Data are means ± SD, n = 5. Means in the same column with different letters (A and B) are significantly different (). Means in the same line with different letters (a and b) are significantly different ().