Table 5. Lipid content (percentage of wet weight) and fatty acid compositions (percentage of total fatty acids) of total lipid from liver of Atlantic salmon after 7 weeks of feeding the experimental diets.
FO | WCO | ECO | |
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Lipid content | 3.6 ± 0.1c | 5.9 ± 0.8a | 4.2 ± 0.2b |
14:0 | 2.1 ± 0.1a | 1.3 ± 0.1b | 1.1 ± 0.1b |
16:0 | 18.7 ± 0.9a | 11.0 ± 1.7c | 14.1 ± 0.8b |
18:0 | 4.9 ± 0.4 | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 5.7 ± 0.1 |
20:0 | 0.1 ± 0.0c | 0.4 ± 0.0b | 0.5 ± 0.0a |
Total saturated1 | 26.3 ±0.5a | 17.8 ± 1.6c | 21.6 ± 0.9b |
16:1n-7 | 2.7 ± 0.2a | 1.8 ± 0.1b | 1.5 ± 0.0b |
18:1n-9 | 10.5 ± 1.1b | 22.0 ± 2.8a | 11.8 ± 0.5b |
18:1n-7 | 2.7 ± 0.2a | 2.2 ± 0.0b | 1.9 ± 0.1c |
20:1n-11 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.0 |
20:1n-9 | 1.2 ± 0.1b | 5.9 ± 0.9a | 2.0 ± 0.3b |
20:1n-7 | 0.2 ± 0.0b | 0.2 ± 0.0a | 0.2 ± 0.0b |
22:1n-11 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.0 |
22:1n-9 | 0.1 ± 0.0b | 0.6 ± 0.1a | 0.2 ± 0.0b |
Total monoenes2 | 19.3 ± 1.7b | 34.4 ± 4.0a | 19.2 ± 0.8b |
18:2n-6 | 2.9 ± 0.4c | 10.8 ± 0.8a | 8.2 ± 0.7b |
18:3n-6 | 0.0 ± 0.0c | 0.4 ± 0.0a | 0.3 ± 0.0b |
20:2n-6 | 0.5 ± 0.1b | 1.8 ± 0.1a | 1.6 ± 0.2a |
20:3n-6 | 0.2 ± 0.1b | 1.3 ± 0.1a | 1.3 ± 0.0a |
20:4n-6 | 3.1 ± 0.3b | 1.1 ± 0.3c | 4.1 ± 0.2a |
Total n-6 PUFA3 | 7.3 ± 0.4b | 15.5 ± 0.5a | 15.8 ± 0.7a |
18:3n-3 | 1.0 ± 0.2c | 9.1 ± 0.8a | 3.9 ± 0.5b |
18:4n-3 | 0.3 ± 0.1c | 1.7 ± 0.1a | 0.6 ± 0.0b |
20:3n-3 | 0.2 ± 0.0c | 1.2 ± 0.1a | 0.8 ± 0.1b |
20:4n-3 | 0.9 ± 0.1b | 2.1 ± 0.2a | 1.9 ± 0.1a |
20:5n-3 | 9.8 ± 0.2b | 4.1 ± 0.7c | 10.9 ± 0.2a |
22:5n-3 | 3.3 ± 0.1b | 1.1 ± 0.2c | 4.3 ± 0.2a |
22:6n-3 | 31.5 ± 1.9a | 12.8 ± 2.8c | 20.9 ± 1.6b |
Total n-3 PUFA4 | 46.9 ± 1.6a | 32.2 ± 2.9b | 43.2 ± 0.6a |
Total PUFA | 54.4 ± 1.2b | 47.8 ± 2.5c | 59.1 ± 0.1a |
Total n-3LC-PUFA | 45.5 ± 2.0a | 20.1 ± 3.6c | 38.0 ± 1.2b |
Data expressed as means ± SD (n = 3). Different superscript letters within a row denote significant differences among diets. Statistical differences were determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey's comparison test (p < 0.05).
1contains 15:0, 22:0 and 24:0;
2contains 16:1n-9 and 24:1n-9;
3contains 22:4n-6 and 22:5n-6;
4contains C16 PUFA. ECO, feed containing oil from transgenic Camelina; FO, fish oil feed; LC-PUFA, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (sum of 20:4n-3, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3); WCO, feed containing oil from wild-type Camelina.