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Effect of dietary starch levels on digestive enzyme activity in Penaeus indicus

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Title Effect of dietary starch levels on digestive enzyme activity in Penaeus indicus
 
Creator Hemambika, M
Paulraj, R
 
Subject Food Chemistry
 
Description Purified diets containing graded levels of starch ranging from 0 to40% were prepared and fed to the juveniles of Penaeus indicrrs for a period of 4 weeks. The
relative activities of amylases, proteases and lipases were measured in the hepatopancreatic extract. Activity of a-amylase increased with the level of starch
in the diet and the maximum substrate turnover of 43.97m rnol Imaltoselmllmin was observed at 20% starch in the diet. However, proteases and lipases did
not show any significant variations in their activity patterns. Theeffect of diets on mean live weight gain, digestibility coefficient and survival of prawns were
also evaluated. The d.c. value for carbohydrate was the highest (81%) for 20% starch diet. Diets with starch level between 10% and 30% also provided better
growth and survival than the other diets. Hence suggest that juveniles of P. indicrrs can digest dietary starch upto a level of 20% and higher level results in
lowered d.c.value.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4595/1/20.pdf
Hemambika, M and Paulraj, R (1996) Effect of dietary starch levels on digestive enzyme activity in Penaeus indicus. In: The Fourth Indian Fisheries Forum, Proceedings, 24-28 November, 1996, Kochi.