. 2014 Jun 12;52(6):3701–3710. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1442-3

Table 4.

Liver, brain and heart microsomes fatty acid profile (%) of rats fed with n-3 fatty acids recovered from fish visceral waste through biotechnological approaches at incremental levels

Fatty acids	FO-LAF			FO-EH			GNO	CLO
Fatty acids	1.25	2.50	5.0	1.25	2.50	5.0	GNO	2.5
Liver microsomes
SFA	35.5 ± 2.6^a	34.1 ± 2.9^a	33.2 ± 3.0^a	34.8 ± 2.8^a	33.2 ± 3.4^a	32.3 ± 2.6^a	35.8 ± 3.8^a	37.4 ± 4.1^a
MUFA	32.7 ± 3.1^a	33.9 ± 4.1^a	35.6 ± 2.7^a	33.3 ± 2.2^a	35.4 ± 4.0^a	34.5 ± 3.7^a	33.7 ± 2.5^a	31.5 ± 3.7^a
18:2n-6	13.7 ± 1.1^a	10.84 ± 1.4^b	8.26 ± 0.9^c	13.6 ± 1.0^a	10.2 ± 1.5^b	6.2 ± 1.4^c	16.3 ± 1.1^d	13.71 ± 1.8^a
20:4n-6	9.7 ± 0.7^a	7.22 ± 0.8^b	5.04 ± 0.4^c	8.9 ± 0.6^a	7.5 ± 0.6^b	5.8 ± 0.4^c	12.0 ± 1.2^d	7.44 ± 0.9^b
20:5n-3	0.8 ± 0.1^a	1.63 ± 0.3^b	2.9 ± 0.4^c	0.9 ± 0.2^a	2.12 ± 0.4^b	3.22 ± 0.5^c	ND	1.79 ± 0.5^b
22:5n-3	0.56 ± 0.2^a	0.71 ± 0.1^a	0.75 ± 0.2^a	0.53 ± 0.1^a	0.58 ± 0.1^a	0.66 ± 0.1^a	ND	0.64 ± 0.1^a
22:6n-3	1.07 ± 0.3^a	2.18 ± 0.2^b	3.96 ± 0.2^c	1.02 ± 0.1^a	2.26 ± 0.3^b	3.65 ± 0.2^c	ND	2.88 ± 0.2^d
Brain microsomes
SFA	41.27 ± 3.3^a	40.63 ± 3.6^a	39.54 ± 4.2^a	41.04 ± 2.9^a	39.6 ± 3.2^a	39.2 ± 1.8^a	41.3 ± 3.5^a	38.3 ± 3.2^a
MUFA	26.4 ± 1.4^a	25.4 ± 3.1^a	25.6 ± 2.4^a	24.4 ± 2.2^a	26.1 ± 1.7^a	27.4 ± 1.9^a	28.5 ± 1.6^a	30.5 ± 1.6^a
18:2n-6	16.4 ± 1.2^a	12.5 ± 1.1^b	9.1 ± 0.7^c	16.1 ± 1.3^a	11.2 ± 0.8^b	8.6 ± 0.6^c	18.8 ± 1.5^a	10.8 ± 1.6^b,c
20:4n-6	6.70 ± 0.7^a	5.8 ± 0.3^a	4.31 ± 0.6^b	6.36 ± 1.0^a	5.7 ± 0.4^a	4.79 ± 0.3^b	7.96 ± 0.4^c	6.96 ± 0.4^a
20:5n-3	0.23 ± 0.1^a	0.57 ± 0.1^b	0.72 ± 0.2^b	0.21 ± 0.1^a	0.49 ± 0.1^b	0.61 ± 0.2^b	ND	ND
22:5n-3	1.20 ± 0.1^a	1.46 ± 0.2^a	1.52 ± 0.3^a	1.04 ± 0.2^a	1.22 ± 0.2^a	1.38 ± 0.1^a	2.2 ± 0.2^b	1.20 ± 0.2^a
22:6n-3	6.5 ± 0.3^a	7.74 ± 0.5^b	9.73 ± 0.8^c	6.42 ± 0.4^a	7.25 ± 0.8^b	9.34 ± 0.7^c	5.04 ± 0.4^d	7.94 ± 0.4^b
Heart microsomes
SFA	38.6 ± 4.1^a	37.4 ± 3.2^a	37.6 ± 3.6^a	37.3 ± 2.7^a	36.4 ± 3.3^a	35.9 ± 3.7^a	36.4 ± 1.9^a	37.9 ± 1.9^a
MUFA	21.8 ± 1.8^a	22.6 ± 2.2^a	20.8 ± 2.0^a	22.1 ± 3.1^a	21.1 ± 1.4^a	20.6 ± 2.3^a	19.6 ± 1.7^a	24.6 ± 3.7^b
18:2n-6	18.6 ± 1.6^a	17.1 ± 1.4^a,b	15.40 ± 1.3^b	19.7 ± 1.4^a	16.9 ± 1.6^a,b	15.9 ± 0.9^b	22.8 ± 1.2^d	14.8 ± 1.2^b
20:4n-6	13.2 ± 1.2^a,b	11.1 ± 1.1^b,c	9.5 ± 0.9^c	13.9 ± 1.3^a,b	11.5 ± 1.1^b,c	9.9 ± 0.7^c	14.2 ± 1.1^a	10.2 ± 1.1^b,c
20:5n-3	1.17 ± 0.1^a	2.35 ± 0.2^b	3.01 ± 0.3^c	1.25 ± 0.2^a	2.45 ± 0.1^b	2.91 ± 0.2^c	ND	ND
22:5n-3	1.21 ± 0.1^a	1.25 ± 0.2^a	1.33 ± 0.2^a	1.08 ± 0.1^a	1.2 ± 0.2^a	1.36 ± 0.1^a	0.76 ± 0.1^b	1.16 ± 0.2^a
22:6n-3	2.80 ± 0.3^a	4.51 ± 0.2^b	6.04 ± 0.5^c	2.70 ± 0.3^a	4.20 ± 0.4^b	5.80 ± 0.6^c	2.01 ± 0.1^d	4.81 ± 0.2^b

FO-LAF fish oil recovered by lactic acid fermentation; FO–EH fish oil recovered by enzymatic hydrolysis; GNO groundnut oil; 1.25, 2.50. 5.0 – percentage of EPA + DHA in diet; SFA - saturated fatty acids, MUFA – monounsaturated fatty acids, ND – not detected Data represent the mean ± SD, values not sharing common superscript within the column are significantly different (p < 0.05)