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. 2015 Jan 29;5:8104. doi: 10.1038/srep08104

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
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.