Table 2 in Survival, growth and metabolic parameters of silver catfish, Rhamdia quelen, juveniles exposed to different waterborne nitrite levels

Table 2. Metabolic parameters of liver and muscle of silver catfish juveniles exposed to different waterborne nitrite levels for 40 days. Lactate, glycogen and glucose in μmol.g -1. Protein in mg.g -1. N = 10. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Different letters in the rows indicate significant difference among treatments by one-way ANOVA and Tukey test (p<0.05). -1 Nitrite (mg.L)0.060.461.191.52LiverLactate± ac 5.12 0.29± a 4.05 0.28± b 7.9 0.48± bc 6.8 0.61Glycogen± ab 48.85 3.52± a 51.83 3.83± b 37.98 2.50± ab 42.76 5.52Protein± a 412.41 15.16± b 303.60 23.48± a 421.90 21.30± ab 389.47 15.17Glucose2383.92±47.80 ab2346.96±28.57 ab2516.36±34.30 a2242.62±87.08 bMuscleLactate13.90±1.06 a8.77±0.80 b5.87±0.44 b7.87±0.70 bGlycogen± a 6.55 0.46± a 7.40 0.61± a 5.50 0.23± a 7.08 0.80Protein± a 208.00 4.76± a 220.32 14.76± a 205.47 10.24± a 207.53 5.55Glucose1.16±0.06 ab1.30±0.10 a1.27±0.07 a1.03±0.03 b