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Table 2. Amino acid content (%) of freeze-dried fertilized and unfertilized eggs from Piaractus brachypomus in Iquitos, Peru.1, 2

1 Values are means of three replicates + SD. 2 Means in rows followed by one or two asterisks (*) are significantly different at P < 0.10 and P < 0.05, respectively, using a paired t-test. 3 Indispensable amino acid. Tryptophan was the only indispensable amino acid excluded from analysis because it could not be analyzed simultaneously with the rest. 4 Dispensable amino acid.