Table III. Nutritional quality of the transgenic seeds.
| 18:1/18:2a | 18:1/18:3a | 18:2/18:3a | Protein | |
| % | ||||
| Westar | 4.44 | 9.59 | 2.22 | 24.52 ± 0.65 |
| D6:BnLEC1 | ||||
| 17b | 3.16 | 7.15 | 2.26 | 23.35 ± 0.92 |
| 18b | 3.46 | 5.72 | 1.65 | 23.01 ± 0.24*c |
| D7:BnLEC1 | ||||
| 4b | 3.90 | 7.54 | 1.94 | 24.10 ± 0.32 |
| 12b | 4.16 | 7.30 | 1.76 | 23.86 ± 0.36 |
| D6:BnL1L | ||||
| 14b | 4.48 | 10.01 | 2.22 | 23.20 ± 0.09 |
| 18b | 4.83 | 9.99 | 2.06 | 22.63 ± 0.34*c |
| D7:BnL1L | ||||
| 13b | 4.13 | 7.86 | 1.90 | 23.68 ± 0.76 |
| 17b | 3.80 | 10.01 | 2.63 | 23.81 ± 0.24 |
a
The ratio of different C18 unsaturated FAs is calculated according to data presented in Table II.
b
Numbers refer to the transgenic line numbers.
c
Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences compared with the control (Student’s t test: *P < 0.05).