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utilized. Five c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s for each carotenoid were prepared <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> butanol <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> order to assessl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>earity of the resp<strong>on</strong>se. The regressi<strong>on</strong> analysis (resp<strong>on</strong>se area versus <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>jected amount) showeda l<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ear relati<strong>on</strong>ship for all-trans-astaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, all-trans-lute<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, all-trans zeaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, all-trans-βcryptoxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> all-trans-β-carotene with the coefficient of determ<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> (R 2 ) of 0.9997,0.9996, 0.9996, 0.9994 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 0.9999, respectively. Purity of each compound <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the diets <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>muscle extracts was verified us<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g isoabsorbance plot or 3D graphic <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> peak purity analyses(ChemStati<strong>on</strong> software).4.2.4 <strong>Muscle</strong> colour determ<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong><strong>Muscle</strong> colour determ<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ati<strong>on</strong> was assessed at three po<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ts over <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> three po<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>t below thelateral l<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e: close to the head; midway between the head <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the tail; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> close to the tail us<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g aCHROMA METER tristimulus colorimeter (CR-400, KONICA MINOLTA SENSING, Inc,Japan). <strong>Muscle</strong> colour was expressed as mean of the six read<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g per fish. All measurementswere performed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the colorimetric space L* (lightness, L*=0 for black, L*=100 for white); a*scale represents the <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tensity <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> red, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> b* scale represents the <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tensity <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> yellow.4.2.5 Calculati<strong>on</strong>sThermal unit growth coefficient (TGC), for each tank was calculated as: TGC=100×[(FBW 1/3 −IBW 1/3 )×(sum T×D) -1 ], where: FBW= f<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>al body weight (g fish -1 ); IBW= <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>itialbody weight (g fish -1 ); sum T×D= sum degrees Celsius×days.Feed efficiency (FE, ga<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>:feed) for each tank was assessed as: FE= live body weightga<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>/dry feed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>take, where: feed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>take= total dry feed/number of fish; live body weight ga<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>=(FBW f<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>al number of fish -1 )−(IBW <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>itial number of fish -1 ); FBW= f<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>al body weight (g);IBW= <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>itial body weight (g).81

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