Table 2.

Lipid (%dry matter) and fatty acid composition (%TFA) of Artemia Nauplii after 18 h enrichment with two experimental emulsions (MA and MB). Fatty acid content data is presented as means ± SD (n = 3).

Fatty acid content (%TFA)	Nonenriched	Microalgae A	Microalgae B
Lipids	17.30	19.80 ± 0.44	17.76 ± 2.22
n-3	35.56	7.65 ± 2.58	9.77 ± 0.99
n-6	8.14	2.90 ± 0.68	3.74 ± 0.58
Total, n-3 HUFA	3.33	2.63 ± 0.69	5.13 ± 1.52
14:0	1.00	0.55 ± 0.08	0.39 ± 0.36
16:0	13.71	23.03 ± 3.5	23.23 ± 1.74
16:1 n-7	2.23	2.30 ± 0.15	2.35 ± 0.11
18:0	6.26	16.60 ± 0.66	16.33 ± 0.76
18:1 n-7	6.36	10.17 ± 0.77	9.74 ± 0.70
18:1 n-9	20.66	27.54 ± 1.5	25.76 ± 1.29
18:2 n-6	6.35	1.81 ± 0.47	2.03 ± 0.29
18:3 n-3	27.93	4.24 ± 1.8	3.91 ± 0.62
20:1 n-9	0.02	2.46 ± 0.13	2.19 ± 0.41
20:4n-6 (ARA)	0.49	0.39 ± 0.08	0.54 ± 0.12
20:5n-3 (EPA)	0.76	0.86 ± 0.13	1.20 ± 0.34
22:6n-3 (DHA)	0.61	1.16 ± 0.43	3.15 ± 1.47
22:5n-6 (DPA)	0.23	0.27 ± 0.05	0.65 ± 0.29
22:5n-3	0.01	0.11 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.04
DHA/EPA	0.81	1.34 ± 0.37	2.87 ± 1.70
EPA/ARA	1.56	2.21 ± 0.12	2.23 ± 0.37
DHA/DPA	2.68	1.34 ± 0.37	2.87 ± 1.70

HUFA: highly unsaturated fatty acid; ARA: arachidonic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid.