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. 2016 May 11;5:e19. doi: 10.1017/jns.2016.10

Table 6.

Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) in the whole body of Atlantic salmon at the start and end of trial 2

Final
Diet… Initial 2:1·3 2:2·7 2:4·4 2:7·4
Mean sem Tank 1 Tank 2 Tank 1 Tank 2 Tank 1 Tank 2 Tank 1 Tank 2 Regression
Fatty acids
Saturates
 14 : 0 1·3 0·0 1·0 0·9 1·3 1·2 1·5 1·5 2·4 2·4 ****
 16 : 0 12·7 0·1 13·2 13·1 13·3 13·1 13·2 13·3 13·3 13·1 NS
 18 : 0 3·1 0·1 2·9 2·8 2·8 2·8 2·9 2·8 2·8 2·8 NS
 Total saturates 18·0 0·2 17·8 17·5 18·2 17·8 18·5 18·4 19·4 19·2 ****
Monoenes
 16 : 1n-7/9 1·6 0·0 1·1 1·15 1·4 1·5 1·8 1·8 2·5 2·5 ****
 18 : 1n-9/7 40·4 0·1 41·7 42·0 40·5 41·1 39·0 39·4 35·4 35·8 ****
 20 : 1n-9 2·8 0·0 2·2 2·1 2·5 2·6 2·8 2·9 3·15 3·2 ****
 22 : 1n-11/9 1·5 0·1 0·9 0·9 1·2 1·2 1·6 1·5 2·2 2·2 ****
 Total monoenes 47·1 0·2 46·4 46·9 46·2 46·9 45·9 46·3 44·0 44·2 ***
n-6 Fatty acids
 18 : 2n-6 13·3 0·1 14·2 14·1 13·8 13·6 13·1 12·95 12·2 12·2 ****
 20 : 4n-6 0·2 0·0 0·2 0·2 0·2 0·2 0·2 0·2 0·2 0·2 **
 Total n-6 15·4 0·1 16·8 16·5 16·1 15·8 15·1 15·1 14·2 14·2 ****
n-3 Fatty acids
 18 : 3n-3 7·0 0·1 7·7 7·8 8·0 7·7 7·7 7·4 7·4 7·4 *
 18 : 4n-3 1·2 0·1 1·8 1·7 1·5 1·3 1·1 1·2 1·2 1·2 *
 20 : 4n-3 0·9 0·1 1·0 0·8 0·9 0·9 0·9 0·8 1·0 1·0 NS
 20 : 5n-3 1·5 0·1 1·3 1·3 1·6 1·5 1·8 1·7 2·5 2·4 ****
 22 : 5n-3 0·6 0·0 0·4 0·4 0·5 0·5 0·6 0·6 0·9 0·9 ****
 22 : 6n-3 2·9 0·1 2·4 1·95 2·8 2·4 3·3 3·1 4·2 4·3 ***
 Total n-3 14·7 0·1 15·1 14·5 15·9 14·9 16·1 15·5 17·9 18·0 ***

* P ≤ 0·05, ** P ≤ 0·01, *** P ≤ 0·001, **** P ≤ 0·0001.

Values represent pooled samples of five fish per tank at final sampling and mean values with their standard errors for four pooled samples of five fish each at initial sampling.