Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Table 2 Proximate composition (% dry weight basis) of experimental diets containing Mentha piperita without or with probiotic bacterium Bacillus coagulans (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2)

From: Synergistic effects of autochthonous probiotic bacterium and Mentha piperita diets in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) for enhanced growth and immune response

Proximate analysis	Dietary treatments
Experiment 1
	C1	P1	P2	P3	P4
Crude protein (%)	40.97 ± 0.030^A	41.27 ± 0.040^A	41.47 ± 0.030^A	41.88 ± 0.040^A	41.20 ± 0.032^A
Crude fat (%)	9.05 ± 0.030^B	9.11 ± 0.040^B	9.28 ± 0.050^A	9.29 ± 0.020^A	9.30 ± 0.030^A
Crude fiber (%)	6.28 ± 0.030^C	6.43 ± 0.040^AB	6.38 ± 0.020^BC	6.44 ± 0.020^AB	6.52 ± 0.020^A
Total ash (%)	7.34 ± 0.030^A	7.19 ± 0.050^B	7.29 ± 0.020^AB	7.22 ± 0.020^AB	7.28 ± 0.020^AB
Moisture (%)	4.47 ± 0.060^A	4.29 ± 0.010^BC	4.20 ± 0.030^C	4.24 ± 0.030^BC	4.35 ± 0.020^AB
Nitrogen free extract (%)	39.23 ± 0.020^A	38.89 ± 0.080^B	38.67 ± 0.070^B	38.14 ± 0.080^C	38.62 ± 0.030^B
Gross energy (kJ g⁻¹)	19.99 ± 0.010^C	20.03 ± 0.010^C	20.10 ± 0.010^AB	20.11 ± 0.010^A	20.04 ± 0.010^BC
Experiment 2
	C2	PP1	PP2	PP3	PP4
Crude Protein (%)	40.97 ± 0.030^A	41.27 ± 0.040^A	41.47 ± 0.030^A	41.88 ± 0.040^A	41.20 ± 0.032^A
Crude fat (%)	9.21 ± 0.010^C	9.31 ± 0.020^B	9.42 ± 0.010^A	9.47 ± 0.010^A	9.41 ± 0.010^A
Crude fiber (%)	6.31 ± 0.010^C	6.37 ± 0.010^BC	6.44 ± 0.010^B	6.54 ± 0.020^A	6.56 ± 0.010^A
Total Ash (%)	7.32 ± 0.020^AB	7.25 ± 0.030^B	7.35 ± 0.020^AB	7.38 ± 0.030^A	7.34 ± 0.010^AB
Moisture (%)	4.30 ± 0.020^B	4.34 ± 0.020^AB	4.43 ± 0.010^A	4.45 ± 0.040^A	4.33 ± 0.020^AB
Nitrogen free extract (%)	39.20 ± 0.070^A	38.71 ± 0.060^B	38.23 ± 0.030^C	37.66 ± 0.070^D	38.48 ± 0.040^BC
Gross energy (kJ g⁻¹)	20.05 ± 0.010^B	20.07 ± 0.003^AB	20.08 ± 0.010^AB	20.10 ± 0.010^A	20.06 ± 0.010^AB

Note: All values are mean ± S.E. of mean. Values with different superscript in the same row are significantly (P < 0.05) different (Tukey’s honest test)

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