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. 2023 Dec 3;14:146. doi: 10.1186/s40104-023-00945-x

Table 4.

The fatty acids content of yellow mealworm larvae

Fatty acids % of total fatty acids
C12:0 Lauric acid 0.1–0.6
C14:0 Myristic acid 1.7–5
C15:0 Pentadecanoic acid 0.1–0.2
C16:0 Palmitic acid 12.3–19.2
C17:0 Margaric acid 0.03–5.3
C18:0 Stearic acid 0.8–6.3
C20:0 Arachidic acid 0–0.2
Total SFA 22.7–25.3
C16:1 Palmitoleic acid 1.0–2.7
C18:1 n-9Oleic acid (trans) 0.1
C18:1 n-9Oleic acid (cis) 20.6–54.8
C22:1 n-9Erucic acid 0.8
Total MUFA 22.3–53.2
C18:2 n-6Linoleic acid 12.9–37.9
C18:3 n-3α-Linolenic acid 0.3–6.7
Total PUFA 18.5–46.4
Total UFA 21.9–40
n-6:n-3 2.81–38.6
SFA:UFA 0.3–0.4

Fatty acids contents were obtained from published sources [5, 29, 33, 35, 41]