Table 2. Seed fatty acid composition for wild type (WT) and transgenic (TG) wheat with anti-trx-s gene.

Fatty acids (μmol/g)	WT at 40-dpa	TG at 40-dpa	WT at 30-dpr	TG at 30-dpr
C14:0	0.08 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.10
C15:0	0.13 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.02*
C16:0	12.56 ± 0.72	11.72 ± 0.46	12.16 ± 0.67	14.99 ± 1.47**
C16:1n7	0.04 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01**	0.04 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01
C18:0	1.35 ± 0.10	1.21 ± 0.10	1.39 ± 0.10	1.30 ± 0.12
C18:1n9	7.01 ± 0.75	6.20 ± 0.82	6.32 ± 0.75	8.85 ± 0.97**
C18:2n6	40.09 ± 1.67	34.06 ± 3.18**	38.04 ± 2.45	46.05 ± 5.13*
C18:3n3	3.20 ± 0.13	2.54 ± 0.18**	2.98 ± 0.29	3.37 ± 0.45
C20:0	0.07 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01
C20:1n9	0.32 ± 0.03	0.31 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.08**
C20:2n6	0.06 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01
C20:4n6	0.16 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.02*	0.12 ± 0.02	0.14 ± 0.01*
C22:0	0.09 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01
C22:1n9	0.05 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.02
C24:0	0.10 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01
Total FAs	65.3 ± 3.21	56.71 ± 4.66*	61.90 ± 4.06	75.87 ± 8.13**
SFAs	14.37 ± 0.75	13.35 ± 0.46*	14.01 ± 0.61	16.80 ± 1.60**
UFAs	50.93 ± 2.48	43.36 ± 4.23*	47.89 ± 3.46	59.06 ± 6.58**
MUFAs	7.42 ± 0.77	6.59 ± 0.86	6.70 ± 0.80	9.43 ± 1.07**
PUFAs	43.51 ± 1.78	36.77 ± 3.38**	41.19 ± 2.67	49.63 ± 5.57*
PUFA/MUFA	5.89 ± 0.40	5.60 ± 0.24	6.18 ± 0.34	5.27 ± 0.20**
PUFA/UFA	0.85 ± 0.01	0.85 ± 0.01	0.86 ± 0.01	0.84 ± 0.01
SFA%	22 ± 1	23 ± 1	23 ± 1	22 ± 1
UFA%	78 ± 1	76 ± 1	77 ± 1	78 ± 1
MUFA%	11 ± 1	12 ± 1	11 ± 1	12 ± 1
n3	3.20 ± 0.13	2.54 ± 0.18**	2.98 ± 0.29	3.37 ± 0.45
n6	40.31 ± 1.68	34.24 ± 3.20**	38.21 ± 2.46	46.26 ± 5.14*
n6/n3	12.59 ± 0.39	13.49 ± 0.38*	12.88 ± 0.87	13.76 ± 0.50

Data expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. SFAs, saturated fatty acids; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; n3, n3-type polyunsaturated fatty acids; n6, n6-type polyunsaturated fatty acids.