Assessing the Potential of Adenosine and L-Theanine as Metabolic Suppressants for Improving Shipping of the New Zealand Scampi (Metanephrops challengeri)

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Mean lactate concentration in (a) scampi tail muscle (μmol g⁻¹) and (b) haemolymph (mmol L⁻¹) in untreated controls or after administration of vehicle, adenosine (Ado), L-theanine (L-th), or Ado/L-th mixture. Sample sizes for tail muscle lactate (a) are n = 7, n = 9, n = 5, n = 6, and n = 5; respectively, for the treatments. Sample size for haemolymph lactate (b) is n = 10 for all groups. Significant differences () among groups are marked by different superscript letters.

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