. 2015 Dec 22;10(12):e0145456. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145456

Table 4. The proximate nutrient content and fatty acid composition of flesh of Asian seabass juveniles on different diets at 168 dph.

(A) Proximate nutrient composition	Diet (Mean)				SEM
(A) Proximate nutrient composition	A	B	C	D	A	B	C	D
Dry matter (g/100 g)	21.7^a	23.0^a	23.5^a	23.1^a	0.68	1.0	1.6	1.1
Crude protein %	21.0^a	20.6^a	18.9^a	20.4^a	0.19	0.68	0.87	0.85
Crude fat %	1.0^a	2.3^b	1.6^ab	1.4^ab	0.07	0.25	0.14	0.07
(B) Fatty acid composition (area %)	Diet (Mean)				SEM
(B) Fatty acid composition (area %)	A	B	C	D	A	B	C	D
Myristic (C14:0)	2.5^a	3.9^b	2.0^a	3.6^b	0.13	0.12	0.06	0.19
Pentadecanoic (C15:0)	0.3^a	0.3^a	0.2^b	0.3^a	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.03
Palmitic (C16:0)	18.9^a	18.8^ab	18.2^b	21.0^c	0.22	0.22	0.10	0.16
Heptadecanoic (C17:0)	0.8^a	0.4^b	0.3^b	0.5^ab	0.15	0.06	0.05	0.07
Stearic (C18:0)	8.7^a	6.4^b	6.8^bc	7.3^c	0.19	0.16	0.15	0.20
Arachidinic (C20:0)	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02
ΣSFA	31.5^a	30.1^b	27.7^c	33.0^d	0.32	0.28	0.14	0.25
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	3.2^a	5.0^b	3.2^a	4.7^b	0.16	0.13	0.07	0.20
cis-10 Heptadecanoic (C17:1)	0.7^a	0.9^b	0.6^c	0.8^d	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01
Oleic (C18:1n9c)	16.1^a	19.3^b	28.9^c	17.8^d	0.41	0.29	0.36	0.16
cis-11 Eicosenoic (C20:1)	1.0^a	0.8^ac	1.3^b	0.7^c	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.02
nervonic acid (C24:1n9)	0.3^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.02
ΣMUFA	21.3^a	26.3^b	34.2^c	24.2^d	0.54	0.36	0.42	0.24
Linoleic (C18:2n6)	4.9^a	10.5^b	14.5^c	8.2^d	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.10
γ-Linolenic (C18:3n6)	0.2^a	0.4^b	0.4^b	0.3^b	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.03
cis-11,14 Eicosadienoic (C20:2 n6)	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
cis-8,11,14 Eicosatrienoic (C20:3 n6)	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.2^a	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03
Arachidonic (C20:4n6)	3.6^a	2.0^b	1.6^c	2.6^d	0.15	0.07	0.05	0.09
Σn6-PUFA	9.2^a	13.2^b	17.0^c	11.6^d	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.08
α-Linolenic (C18:3n3)	1.0^a	1.4^b	1.9^c	1.2^d	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.03
cis-11,14,17 Eicosatrienoic (C20:3 n3)	0.5^a	0.4^a	0.4^a	0.4^a	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.03
cis-5,8,11,14,17 Eicosapentaenoic (C20:5n3)	4.6^a	8.8^b	3.2^c	6.4^d	0.06	0.16	0.09	0.05
cis-7,10,13,16,19 Docosapentaenoic (C22:5n3)	3.0^a	2.9^a	1.5^b	2.5^c	0.08	0.07	0.03	0.03
cis-4,7,10,13,16,19 Docosahexaenoic (C22:6n3)	21.1^a	9.8^b	8.8^b	13.2^c	0.44	0.31	0.35	0.30
Σn3-PUFA	30.2^a	23.4^b	15.9^c	23.8^b	0.36	0.27	0.41	0.33
ΣPUFA	39.3^a	36.6^b	32.8^c	35.3^d	0.32	0.19	0.28	0.33
Σn6/Σn3	0.30^a	0.57^b	1.08^c	0.5^b	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.01

(A) Mean values for proximate nutrient composition are represented based on wet matter basis.

(B) Mean values for fatty acids composition are represented in area % of total composition or fatty acids. Means with different letter of superscripts are significantly different, (P_adj < 0.05).

SFA = Saturated fatty acids; MUFA = Monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA = Poly unsaturated fatty acid.