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

Table 8. Fatty acid composition in muscle of the large yellow croakerfed diets containing different lipid sources (%, of total fatty acid).

Fatty acids FO SO LO RO PO ANOVA P-value
14:0 3.24±0.07a 2.45±0.11b 2.45±0.03b 2.46±0.11b 2.56±0.05b 0.000
16:0 14.91±0.51a 14.08±0.53ab 13.26±0.29b 13.53±0.36b 14.03±0.76ab 0.024
18:0 6.88±0.33 7.73±0.71 6.54±0.39 7.01±0.65 7.47±0.68 0.159
20:0 1.26±0.60 1.08±0.49 1.04±0.5 1.44±0.05 1.70±0.13 0.338
∑SFA 27.87±0.38c 26.82±0.32bc 24.73±0.49a 25.65±0.69ab 27.92±0.34c 0.000
16:1n-7 6.49±0.06b 5.90±0.39ab 5.13±0.64a 5.48±0.45ab 6.07±0.2ab 0.016
18:1n-9 19.66±0.62a 21.36±1.28ab 19.33±0.67a 26.43±0.88c 22.96±0.94b 0.000
20:1n-7 4.51±0.44 3.84±0.45 3.8±0.33 4.19±0.17 3.93±0.23 0.135
22:1n-9 5.97±0.48 5.08±0.11 5.31±0.22 5.11±0.45 5.36±0.31 0.057
∑MUFA 38.00±1.16b 37.14±1.79ab 34.50±1.43a 42.15±0.27c 39.31±0.57bc 0.000
18:3n-3 1.89±0.06a 2.93±0.10b 11.00±0.52c 3.30±0.19b 1.72±0.09a 0.000
18:4n-3 1.27±0.02a 0.82±0.15b 0.82±0.04b 0.79±0.04b 0.87±0.14b 0.000
20:4n-3 0.98±0.08b 0.69±0.13a 0.77±0.02ab 0.67±0.15a 0.79±0.06ab 0.031
20:5n-3 (EPA) 4.97±0.17a 3.52±0.62b 3.46±0.07b 3.55±0.16b 3.56±0.27b 0.001
22:5n-3 1.75±0.10 1.32±0.28 1.48±0.19 1.46±0.08 1.43±0.08 0.078
22:6n-3 (DHA) 10.62±0.85a 8.36±1.32b 8.78±0.89b 8.49±0.47b 8.51±0.39b 0.043
∑n-3 PUFA 21.48±0.90b 17.64±1.95a 26.31±1.19c 18.26±0.70a 16.88±0.96a 0.000
18:2n-6 10.17±0.08a 16.11±0.37c 12.15±0.75b 12.42±0.65b 13.51±0.75b 0.000
18:3n-6 0.30±0.01a 0.22±0.00b 0.21±0.01b nd 0.23±0.01b 0.000
20:4n-6 0.75±0.10b 0.53±0.08a 0.61±0.08ab 0.59±0.07ab 0.55±0.02a 0.031
∑n-6 PUFA 12.51±0.13a 18.05±0.11c 14.11±0.83b 13.87±0.98b 15.45±0.19b 0.000
n-3/n-6 PUFA 1.73±0.07c 0.99±0.12a 1.87±0.13c 1.27±0.14b 1.12±0.07ab 0.000
DHA/EPA 2.13±0.10 2.38±0.08 2.53±0.23 2.39±0.21 2.40±0.10 0.095

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.