Table 5.
Posterior intestine main classes fatty acids profile (% of total identified fatty acids) of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed the experimental diets at the end of the feeding trial (t = 60 days).
| Posterior Intestine |
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| FO | FOMOS | SBO | SBOMOS | MOS | OIL | M × O | |
| Saturated | 12.31 ± 0.36 | 12.21 ± 0.09 | 11.56 ± 0.16 | 11.08 ± 0.04 | P < 0.05 | P < 0.05 | NS |
| Monoens | 28.97 ± 2.53 | 29.99 ± 1.10 | 27.14 ± 0.36 | 27.77 ± 0.27 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| n–3 | 27.73 ± 2.97 | 27.74 ± 3.09 | 16.67 ± 1.92 | 17.86 ± 0.18 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| n–6 | 10.92 ± 0.32 | 10.65 ± 0.83 | 27.70 ± 1.47 | 27.19 ± 0.82 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| n–9 | 17.35 ± 1.33 | 18.02 ± 1.03 | 20.47 ± 0.28 | 20.86 ± 0.11 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| n–3 LC-PUFA | 24.81 ± 3.17 | 24.94 ± 3.12 | 13.54 ± 2.04 | 14.54 ± 0.15 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| n–3/n–6 | 2.54 ± 0.23 | 2.63 ± 0.50 | 0.60 ± 0.09 | 0.66 ± 0.03 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| 20:4n–6 | 1.74 ± 0.37 | 1.65 ± 0.10 | 1.33 ± 0.12 | 1.24 ± 0.03 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| 20:5n–3 | 9.45 ± 0.59 | 9.67 ± 1.04 | 3.60 ± 0.82 | 3.89 ± 0.34 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
| 22:6n–3 | 13.26 ± 2.54 | 13.05 ± 1.85 | 8.89 ± 1.09 | 9.42 ± 0.22 | NS | P < 0.05 | NS |
Different letters within a line denote significant differences (P < 0.05) among dietary treatments (one-way ANOVA). Values expressed in mean ± SD (n = 3 tanks/diet).
NS, not significant.