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Table 6.

Muscle fatty acid composition of Nile tilapia¹.

Parameters (mg/kg)	Diets
Parameters (mg/kg)	CON	HSLF	HSMF
C12:0	0.031 ± 0.00	0.035 ± 0.01	0.036 ± 0.01
C14:0	0.62 ± 0.03^a	1.07 ± 0.04^c	0.84 ± 0.04^b
C15:0	0.103 ± 0.00^b	0.06 ± 0.01^a	0.089 ± 0.01^b
C16:0	6.76 ± 0.51^a	9.73 ± 1.08^b	5.93 ± 0.58^a
C17:0	0.105 ± 0.0^c	0.074 ± 0.00^a	0.098 ± 0.00^b
C18:0	1.94 ± 0.06^b	2.89 ± 0.04^c	1.72 ± 0.03^a
C20:0	0.093 ± 0.00^b	0.095 ± 0.00^b	0.082 ± 0.01^a
C22:0	0.064 ± 0.01	0.055 ± 0.01	0.055 ± 0.00
SFAs	9.68 ± 0.53^a	14.01 ± 1.59^b	8.85 ± 0.63^a
C14:1n−5	0.046 ± 0.00	0.044 ± 0.01	0.041 ± 0.01
C16:1n−7	1.38 ± 0.18^a,b	1.77 ± 0.22^b	1.23 ± 0.16^a
C17:1n−7	0.054 ± 0.01	0.056 ± 0.01	0.054 ± 0.00
C18:1n−9	7.94 ± 0.89^a	12.12 ± 1.66^b	6.96 ± 0.50^a
C20:1n−9	0.42 ± 0.04^a	0.63 ± 0.08^b	0.36 ± 0.02^a
C22:1n−9	0.102 ± 0.01^b	0.111 ± 0.00^b	0.072 ± 0.01^a
C24:1n−9	0.084 ± 0.01^b	0.062 ± 0.01^a	0.064 ± 0.01^a
MUFAs	10.02 ± 1.11^a	14.79 ± 1.99^b	8.78 ± 0.65^a
C18:2n−6	4.10 ± 0.39	3.77 ± 0.25	3.45 ± 0.23
C18:3n−6	0.16 ± 0.00^b	0.25 ± 0.01^c	0.13 ± 0.00^a
C20:2n−6	0.20 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.01
C20:3n−6	0.23 ± 0.03^a,b	0.30 ± 0.01^b	0.21 ± 0.04^a
C20:4n−6	0.52 ± 0.01^b	0.69 ± 0.04^c	0.45 ± 0.00^a
n−6 PUFAs	5.21 ± 0.26	5.19 ± 0.16	4.42 ± 0.12
C18:3n−3	0.39 ± 0.04^b	0.30 ± 0.03^a	0.32 ± 0.01^a,b
C20:3n−3	0.083 ± 0.01	0.079 ± 0.02	0.071 ± 0.01
C20:5n−3	0.17 ± 0.01^b	0.13 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.01^a,b
C22:6n−3	2.07 ± 0.10^c	0.58 ± 0.04^a	1.81 ± 0.03^b
n−3 PUFAs	2.71 ± 0.05^c	1.09 ± 0.06^a	2.34 ± 0.01^b
PUFAs	7.92 ± 0.44^b	6.28 ± 0.38^a	6.77 ± 0.19^a
n−3 PUFAs/n−6 PUFAs	0.52 ± 0.03^b	0.21 ± 0.01^a	0.53 ± 0.01^b
PUFAs/SFAs	0.82 ± 0.03^b	0.45 ± 0.01^a	0.77 ± 0.04^b

Abbreviations: HSLF, high-starch-low-fat; HSMF, high-starch-moderate-fat; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; SD, standard deviation; SFA, saturated fatty acid.

¹Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Different superscript letters (a, b, and c) within the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Each row sharing the same superscript letter or absence of superscript are not significantly different (p > 0.05).