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L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate has Equal Antiscorbutic Activity as L-Ascorbic Acid but L-Ascorbyl-2-Sulfate is Inferior to L-Ascorbic Acid for Channel Catfish¹

Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fingerlings (13 g average initial weight) were fed semipurified diets supplemented with 0, 0.06, 0.12, 0.24 and 0.72 mmol/kg (0, 11, 22, 44 or 132 mg/kg) of ascorbic acid molar equivalent supplied by either L-ascorbic acid, L-ascorbyl-2-monophosphate (Mg salt) (AAP), or L-ascorbyl-2-sulfate (K salt) (AAS). After 14 wk, weight gains were equal for all fish fed diets containing L-ascorbic acid or AAP; however, growth rates were less for fish fed AAS at all dietary levels and for fish fed the ascorbic acid-free diet (control). There were no gross signs of vitamin C deficiency in any of the fish fed L-ascorbic acid or AAP, whereas spinal deformities were found in the controls and in fish fed all but the highest concentration of AAS. The percentage of spinal deformities decreased as dietary levels of AAS increased. Reduced bone collagen content and histopathology in liver and gill tissues also indicated ascorbic acid deficiency in the controls and in fish fed all but the highest concentration of AAS. Limited histopathology was found in fish fed the lowest level of L-ascorbic acid but not in those fed the lowest level of AAP. Regression analysis of weight gain data showed that the vitamin activity of ascorbic acid from AAS was only 5.2% of that from L-ascorbic acid for growth. This study indicates that AAP has equimolar activity to L-ascorbic acid as a vitamin C source for channel catfish and that AAS has vitamin activity for this species but at a much lower level than the other compounds.

KEY WORDS: • vitamin C • ascorbic acid phosphate • ascorbic acid sulfate • channel catfish

¹ Presented in part at the Third International Symposium on Feeding and Nutrition in Fish, September 1989, Toba, Japan. [Lovell, R. T. & El Naggar, G. O. (1989) Vitamin C activity for L-ascorbic acid, L-ascorbyl-2-sulfate and L-ascorbyl-2-phosphate Mg for channel catfish. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Feeding and Nutrition in Fish, pp. 159–165.

² Present address: National Aquaculture Research Center, Abassa, Egypt.

³ To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Manuscript received 28 December 1990. Revision accepted 1 April 1991.