Table 5 Whole body amino acid composition of juvenile olive flounder fed with the different experimental diets for 6 weeks (percentage of DM basis)

 Methionine

1.64

1.50

1.37

0.05

 Leucine

5.07

4.84

4.82

0.05

 Isoleucine

3.38

2.90

2.98

0.11

 Arginine

4.37

4.39

4.01

0.06

 Histidine

1.87

1.78

1.90

0.04

 Lysine

5.56

5.19

5.25

0.06

 Phenylalanine

2.72^a

2.64^ab

2.54^b

0.03

 Threonine

2.90^a

2.82^a

2.18^b

0.09

 Valine

3.39

3.27

3.35

0.03

 Alanine

4.59

4.71

4.33

0.07

 Glycine

5.31

6.06

5.24

0.18

 Aspartate

7.25^a

7.14^a

6.27^b

0.13

 Proline

3.44

3.69

3.33

0.07

 Serine

2.93^a

2.87^a

1.50^b

0.20

 Glutamate

10.32

10.00

9.96

0.09

 Tyrosine

1.94^a

1.83^a

1.08^b

0.12

 Cystine

1.29^a

1.15^ab

1.00^b

0.04