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. 2015 Mar 17;10(3):e0119518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119518

Table 9. Effects of dietary PA levels on muscle fatty acids composition of juvenile blunt snout bream.

Dietary PA levels
3.39 10.54 19.28 31.04 48.38 59.72
Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids)
C14:0 1.63±0.06 1.80±0.08 1.75±0.06 1.68±0.01 1.82±0.07 1.69±0.07
C16:0 22.21±0.97 22.37±0.73 22.03±0.26 21.79±0.28 21.36±0.49 21.92±0.18
C18:0 7.49±0.54 7.49±0.62 8.07±0.37 7.84±0.02 7.87±0.23 8.25±0.14
C20:0 0.21±0.01 0.20±0.01 0.22±0.04 0.20±0.01 0.25±0.01 0.25±0.01
ΣSFA 31.54±0.63 31.86±0.36 32.06±0.16 31.51±0.29 31.31±0.28 32.11±0.06
C16:1n-9 3.26±0.09 3.83±0.23 3.33±0.08 3.28±0.06 3.49±0.21 3.44±0.58
C18:1n-9 28.60±0.94 28.90±0.27 27.44±0.39 28.40±0.48 27.99±0.48 27.89±0.64
C20:1n-9 0.58±0.00 0.53±0.06 0.54±0.02 0.57±0.02 0.59±0.08 0.59±0.08
ΣMUFA 32.43±1.01ab 33.27±0.43b 31.32±0.39a 32.25±0.52ab 32.06±0.58ab 31.92±0.25ab
C18:2n-6 17.52±0.11cd 16.50±0.32a 17.33±0.05bc 16.55±0.14ab 18.23±0.50d 17.94±0.18cd
C18:3n-3 1.16±0.05a 1.26±0.09ab 1.24±0.10ab 1.21±0.03ab 1.32±0.10ab 1.53±0.20b
C20:5n-3(EPA) 1.97±0.04 2.28±0.01 2.56±0.06 2.53±0.19 2.31±0.58 2.28±0.10
C22:5n-3 0.62±0.10a 0.94±0.02b 1.08±0.02b 1.07±0.03b 1.05±0.0.05b 1.01±0.04b
C22:6n-3(DHA) 8.15±0.38a 8.64±0.16ab 9.51±0.12b 9.81±0.37b 8.70±0.76ab 8.07±0.32a
ΣPUFA 29.42±0.23a 29.63±0.32a 31.73±0.13b 31.16±0.48b 31.61±0.68b 30.84±0.13b
EPA+DHA 10.12±0.42a 10.92±0.15abc 12.07±0.07bc 12.34±0.38c 11.01±1.24abc 10.36±0.33ab

Values are presented as mean ± SD of four replications (n = 4). Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).