. 2015 May;28(5):647–653. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0532

Table 4.

Liver fatty acids composition (% total fatty acids) of parrot fish fed the five experimental diets for 12 wk

	Diets					p value

	Con	Con⁺	C500	C1000	C2000
C14:0	6.62 ±0.20	5.83 ±0.27	6.18 ±0.50	6.67 ±0.90	6.48 ±0.38	0.318
C16:0	38.3 ±1.46^ab	34.2 ±1.11 ^a	38.3 ±2.45^ab	42.0 ±0.62^b	38.8 ±3.12^ab	0.011
C18:0	5.24 ±0.05	4.47 ±1.12	5.86 ±0.06	5.59 ±0.24	6.02 ±0.13	0.069
C18:1n-9	7.78 ±0.97	7.59 ±1.02	8.73 ±0.74	8.37 ±0.95	8.80 ±0.38	0.495
C18:2n-6	12.9 ±0.29^ab	15.2 ±1.89^b	11.4 ±0.01^a	11.4 ±1.25^a	11.6 ±0.70^a	0.011
C18:3n-3	4.87 ±0.51	4.32 ±0.18	5.21 ±0.60	4.39 ±0.67	4.50 ±0.61	0.462
C22:1n-9	1.77 ±0.20	1.17 ±0.22	1.95 ±0.18	1.80 ±0.25	1.93 ±0.17	0.062
C20:3n-3	2.18 ±0.06	2.25 ±0.32	2.04 ±0.13	1.92 ±0.28	2.01 ±0.07	0.385
C20:5n-3	9.03 ±0.11^a	10.6 ±0.60^b	8.61 ±0.31^a	8.81 ±0.48^a	9.46 ±0.50^ab	0.004
C22:6n-3	17.1 ±0.46^a	23.5 ±1.97^b	16.7 ±1.90^a	18.3 ±0.14^a	19.2 ±2.38^ab	0.005

Mean values of triplicate groups are presented as mean±standard deviation. Values in the row having different superscript letters are significantly different (p<0.05). The lack of a superscript letter indicates no significant differences among treatments.