Table 2.

Fatty acid composition (% total fatty acids ± standard deviation) of freeze-dried Parastichopus californicus body wall and muscle bands.

FA**	Body wall (N = 15; n = 3)	Muscle bands (N = 15; n = 3)
anteiso-14:0	0.88 ± 0.06	0.53 ± 0.02
14:0	1.82 ± 0.04	1.13 ± 0.01
iso-15:0	0.25 ± 0.00	0.20 ± 0.00
anteiso-15:0	1.45 ± 0.03	0.61 ± 0.53
16:0	10.90* ± 0.09	6.01 ± 0.06
iso-17:0	0.87 ± 0.15	0.50 ± 0.04
anteiso-17:0	0.44 ± 0.25	0.43 ± 0.01
17:0	0.95 ± 0.02	0.69 ± 0.01
18:0	6.84* ± 0.05	5.70 ± 0.03
20:0	1.30 ± 0.01	1.13 ± 0.01
22:0	0.60 ± 0.01	BDL
24:0	0.64 ± 0.32	1.21 ± 0.01
∑ Saturated FA	26.94* ± 0.14	18.13 ± 0.21
16:1n-11	0.87 ± 0.15	0.50 ± 0.04
16:1n-9	1.07 ± 0.08	0.56 ± 0.01
16:1n-7	14.99* ± 0.06	8.57 ± 0.08
16:1n-5	1.01 ± 0.01	0.58 ± 0.01
18:1n-9 cis	4.96* ± 0.10	2.86 ± 0.02
18:1n-7	5.60 ± 0.03b	5.80* ± 0.05
18:1n-5	0.48 ± 0.01	0.50 ± 0.01
20:1n-11	2.56 ± 0.06b	3.84* ± 0.04
20:1n-9	2.49* ± 0.19a	1.59 ± 0.02
20:1n-7	1.01 ± 0.15a	1.09 ± 0.05
22:1n-9	1.30 ± 0.02	0.96 ± 0.02
22:1n-7	1.79 ± 0.03	3.60* ± 0.09
24:1n-9	1.67 ± 0.01	1.60 ± 0.05
∑ Monounsaturated FA	39.80* ± 0.16	32.05 ± 0.54
18:2n-6 cis	1.04 ± 0.07	0.64 ± 0.01
18:3n-6	1.37 ± 0.02	0.42 ± 0.37
20:2n-6	0.73 ± 0.03	1.12 ± 0.01
20:4n-6 (ARA)	7.05 ± 0.03	9.90* ± 0.17
20:4n-3	0.16 ± 0.01	BDL
20:5n-3 (EPA)	12.34 ± 0.04	22.63* ± 0.48
22:6n-3 (DHA)	6.19 ± 0.06	8.93* ± 0.13
∑ Polyunsaturated FA	28.88 ± 0.06	43.64* ± 0.75
∑ n-3	18.69 ± 0.09	31.56* ± 0.61
∑ n-6	10.19 ± 0.08	12.08* ± 0.41
Ratio n-3: n-6	1.83 ± 0.03	2.61* ± 0.12

^*Denotes statistical significance between body wall and muscle bands at P < 0.05.

^**Statistical analysis conducted only for FA > 2% w/w; BDL, below detection limit = 0.015%; FA, fatty acids.