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. 2017 Jan 12;12(1):e0169985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169985

Table 3. Fatty acid composition of the experimental diets (% total fatty acid).

Fattyacids FO SO LO RO PO
14:0 4.21 2.74 2.60 2.59 2.57
16:0 16.39 15.01 13.32 12.87 14.63
18:0 4.39 4.61 4.39 3.64 4.45
20:0 0.49 0.36 0.28 0.50 0.97
22:0 nd 0.34 nd 0.33 1.52
24:0 nd 0.28 0.28 0.18 0.80
ΣSFAs 26.86 24.17 21.52 20.75 25.58
16:1n-7 4.69 2.60 2.44 2.44 2.42
18:1n-9 17.21 18.94 18.07 30.06 24.17
20:1n-7 5.51 4.35 4.44 4.87 4.64
22:1n-9 8.79 6.26 6.52 6.56 6.35
ΣMUFAs 37.38 32.77 32.19 44.61 38.28
18:3n-3 1.98 3.55 16.88 3.99 1.52
18:4n-3 1.61 0.94 1.00 0.95 0.93
20:4n-3 0.72 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.33
20:5n-3(EPA) 6.01 3.47 3.49 3.45 3.45
22:5n-3 0.76 0.51 0.78 0.74 0.81
22:6n-3(DHA) 10.78 8.07 7.71 7.95 7.86
Σn-3 PUFAs 21.86 16.87 30.20 17.42 14.90
18:2n-6 12.48 25.89 15.76 16.90 20.91
20:4n-6 0.81 0.33 0.34 0.33 0.33
Σn-6 PUFAs 13.91 26.22 16.10 17.23 21.24
n-3/n-6 PUFA 1.57 0.64 1.88 1.01 0.70
DHA/EPA 1.79 2.33 2.21 2.30 2.27

FO: fish oil; SO: soybean oil; LO: linseed oil; RO: rapeseed oil; PO: peanut oil

SFAs: saturatedfattyacids;

MUFAs: mono-unsaturatedfattyacids;

PUFAs: poly-unsaturatedfattyacids;

nd: non-detected