Table 5 Muscle growth hormone, Igf-I, Igf-II contents, and other growth-related enzyme activity in Nile tilapia fed experimental diets at 8 weeks

Pax-7 (pg/ml)

791 ± 52.67^abc

705.7 ± 43.75^a

947.80 ± 16.05^c

916 ± 53.03^bc

742.90 ± 59.53^ab

0.0054

GH (ng/ml)

36.2 ± 0.04

35.9 ± 0.03

36.6 ± 0.01

36.1 ± 0.01

35.9 ± 0.02

0.0162

Igf-I (ng/ml)

37.05 ± 4.87^ab

28.06 ± 0.05^ab

46.08 ± 2.11^b

24.40 ± 0.39^a

44.67 ± 2.70^ab

0.4216

Igf-II (ng/ml)

48.70 ± 5.26

58.61 ± 1.70

52.72 ± 3.82

53.92 ± 1.61

51.88 ± 3.96

0.4409

Psma α-5 (ng/ml)

109.70 ± 5.50

120.10 ± 7.97

112.70 ± 5.31

119.2 ± 8.06

111.20 ± 7.57

0.7614

Capn-3(pg/ml)

178.50 ± 3.28^a

233.20 ± 9.66^b

273 ± 13.52^b

248.40 ± 9.11^b

245.6 ± 14.23^b

0.0001

MyoD (pg/ml)

323.5 ± 20.17^ab

272.9 ± 19.04^a

329.40 ± 15.30^b

281.60 ± 16.70^ab

327.90 ± 25.85^b

0.0058

MyoG (pg/ml)

534.80 ± 14.46

586 ± 25.25

560.10 ± 43.44

563.5 ± 23.79

535.01 ± 23.79

0.7246