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Dur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, naturally occurr<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g yellow pigments from corn rema<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> with theprote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> fracti<strong>on</strong>. C<strong>on</strong>sequently corn gluten meal c<strong>on</strong>ta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s substantial amount of yellowxanthophylls (200 – 550 mg kg -1 ), ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly lute<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> zeaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> (Sk<strong>on</strong>berg et al., 1998; Park etal., 1997).Anecdotal evidence from fish farmers <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dicates that high <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clusi<strong>on</strong> levels of CGM havebeen related to reducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> muscle pigmentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> salm<strong>on</strong>id fish. Results from few scientificstudies suggest that yellow xanthophylls from CGM might <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>duce ‘yellowish’ appearance <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>fillets but also a reducti<strong>on</strong> of astaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> muscle depositi<strong>on</strong> (Sk<strong>on</strong>berg et al., 1998). Fillets fromAtlantic salm<strong>on</strong> presented a significant reducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> pigmentati<strong>on</strong> (measured us<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g SalmoFancolorimetric analysis) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>se to graded levels of a vegetable prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> blend (CGM <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> full fatsoybean meal <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> a 2:1 ratio) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> diets supplemented with astaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> (Mundheim et al., 2004).Higher yellowish hue was determ<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> fillets from ra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>bow trout fed a high CGM diet with nopigment supplementati<strong>on</strong> compared with those from fish fed a high CGM <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> supplementedsynthetic canthaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> (Sk<strong>on</strong>berg et al., 1998).Given the lipid soluble nature <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the similarities of molecular structure shared byastaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> yellow xanthophylls from corn gluten meal, an <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>teracti<strong>on</strong>/competiti<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g2

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