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

Table 7. Hepatic fatty acid composition of the large yellow croaker fed diets containing different lipid sources (%, of total fatty acid).

Fatty acids	FO	SO	LO	RO	PO	ANOVA P-value
14:0	2.48±0.01^c	2.16±0.12^b	1.94±0.06^a	2.13±0.05^ab	2.06±0.09^ab	0.000
16:0	21.16±0.38	18.77±0.71	18.89±1.27	19.47±1.1	18.83±1.02	0.054
18:0	10.15±0.99	10.88±0.77	10.16±0.73	12.5±0.64	11.08±1.22	0.050
20:0	0.33±0.03^ab	0.30±0.01^ab	0.17±0.15^a	0.41±0.03^b	0.49±0.03^b	0.003
∑SFA	35.21±1.06	32.90±1.16	31.97±1.43	35.19±1.30	33.73±1.91	0.068
16:1n-7	11.17±0.37^b	9.56±1.05^ab	9.48±0.45^ab	9.56±1.02^ab	9.09±0.46^a	0.045
18:1n-9	26.42±0.31^a	27.02±1.06^a	25.72±0.34^a	31.04±0.59^c	28.86±0.67^b	0.000
20:1n-7	3.9±0.21	3.56±0.40	3.45±0.26	3.37±0.28	3.77±0.32	0.303
22:1n-9	2.9±0.35	2.76±0.33	2.69±0.19	2.56±0.22	2.67±0.42	0.699
∑MUFA	45.68±2.32^ab	43.79±1.45^ab	42.19±0.31^a	47.27±1.09^b	45.21±0.60^ab	0.013
18:3n-3	1.09±0.13^a	1.93±0.26^a	8.76±0.99^b	1.47±0.29^a	1.18±0.27^a	0.000
18:4n-3	0.56±0.04^b	0.33±0.01^a	0.41±0.07^a	0.36±0.06^a	0.32±0.04^a	0.000
20:4n-3	0.46±0.02^c	0.30±0.01^b	0.25±0.22^a	0.31±0.02^a	0.31±0.01^a	0.000
20:5n-3 (EPA)	2.41±0.07^b	1.32±0.01^a	1.58±0.05^a	1.34±0.17^a	1.55±0.12^a	0.000
22:5n-3	1.01±0.13^b	0.40±0.13^a	0.51±0.21^ab	0.46±0.39^ab	0.52±0.28^ab	0.039
22:6n-3 (DHA)	5.29±0.27^b	3.21±0.15^a	3.66±0.53^a	3.54±0.49^a	3.93±0.34^a	0.001
∑n-3 PUFA	10.82±0.43^b	7.49±0.38^a	15.17±0.96^c	7.48±1.43^a	7.81±0.79^a	0.000
18:2n-6	7.41±0.32^a	14.81±1.53^c	9.82±0.82^ab	9.64±0.87^ab	12.19±1.7^bc	0.000
20:2n-6	0.31±0.01^a	0.46±0.06^b	0.33±0.04^a	0.27±0.06^a	0.36±0.01^ab	0.004
20:4n-6	0.60±0.03^a	0.34±0.01^b	0.37±0.02^b	0.35±0.05^b	0.37±0.07^b	0.000
∑n-6 PUFA	8.32±0.33^a	15.85±1.59^c	10.52±0.83^ab	10.26±0.97^ab	12.92±1.71^bc	0.000
n-3/n-6 PUFA	1.30±0.06^c	0.48±0.02^a	1.44±0.03^d	0.69±0.08^b	0.61±0.03^b	0.000
DHA/EPA	2.20±0.07	2.43±0.10	2.32±0.40	2.63±0.05	2.54±0.02	0.111

Values are represented as the means of three replicates. Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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