Effect of Body Weight on the Nutritional Content of Rice Field Eel, Monopterus albus

Table 2

Basic nutrient content of three sizes of Monopterus albus.

Index contents	Muscle			Skin
	A	B	C	A	B	C
Moisture (%)	68.21 ± 0.31^a	66.33 ± 0.42^a	64.44 ± 0.43^a	70.13 ± 0.44^a	68.22 ± 0.51^a	67.11 ± 0.47^a
Protein (%)	17.44 ± 0.67^a	22.53 ± 0.72^b	21.31 ± 0.61^b	17.91 ± 0.65^a	23.87 ± 0.61^b	22.22 ± 0.62^b
Fat (%)	12.11 ± 0.42^a	15.47 ± 0.55^b	15.18 ± 0.53^b	13.41 ± 0.54^a	16.95 ± 0.50^b	16.44 ± 0.44^b
Ash (%)	1.30 ± 0.22^a	1.69 ± 0.26^b	1.60 ± 0.24^b	1.40 ± 0.22^a	1.81 ± 0.24^b	1.75 ± 0.28^b
Collagen (mg/g)	10.12 ± 0.11^a	15.44 ± 0.13^b	14.81 ± 0.01^b	60.22 ± 0.72^a	81.19 ± 0.75^b	76.33 ± 0.71^b

Note: Different uppercase letters with upper right index for different groups in different sampled tissues indicate significant difference ().