Table 1

Constituents	Male	Female	Berried
Protein	21.53^b ± 0.16	23.47^a ± 0.36	20.93^c ± 0.14
Carbohydrate	2.09^b ± 0.22	2.06^b ± 0.10	2.76^a ± 0.24
Lipid	0.32^b ± 0.10	1.09^a ± 0.20	1.05^a ± 0.22
Ash	0.31^b ± 0.12	0.99^a ± 0.11	0.98^a ± 0.28
Moisture	75.0^b ± 0.18	74.0^c ± 0.23	79.0^a ± 0.23

Different superscripts in a row are significantly different (P<0.05).

Table 1: Proximate composition of the muscle tissues of male, female and berried females (P. vigil). Values are expressed in % on dry weight basis except moisture. (Values are mean of three values ± SE).