Table 3.
Traits | Fatty acid composition (mg/g) | ||||||
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WT | OX‐1 | OX‐2 | OX‐3 | Ri‐1 | Ri‐2 | Ri‐3 | |
C16:0 (Palmitic acid) | 4.84 ± 0.06 | 5.12 ± 0.05* | 5.38 ± 0.08** | 5.90 ± 0.02** | 4.53 ± 0.02** | 4.25 ± 0.01** | 4.04 ± 0.01** |
C18:0 (Stearic acid) | 0.59 ± 0.03 | 0.60 ± 0.02 | 0.67 ± 0.06** | 0.76 ± 0.04** | 0.64 ± 0.03 | 0.64 ± 0.01 | 0.58 ± 0.03 |
C18:1 (Oleic acid) | 12.52 ± 0.21 | 13.52 ± 0.16** | 14.36 ± 0.38** | 14.87 ± 0.15** | 10.34 ± 0.69** | 9.98 ± 0.31** | 9.85 ± 0.20** |
C18:2 (Linoleic acid) | 10.23 ± 0.13 | 11.57 ± 0.08** | 12.84 ± 0.39** | 13.72 ± 0.14** | 10.33 ± 0.40 | 10.42 ± 0.26 | 10.01 ± 0.05* |
C18:3 (Linolenic acid) | 0.36 ± 0.02 | 0.42 ± 0.02** | 0.46 ± 0. 01** | 0.48 ± 0.02** | 0.38 ± 0.01 | 0.37 ± 0.02 | 0.35 ± 0.01 |
C20:0 (Eicosanoic acid) | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 0.45 ± 0.07** | 0.27 ± 0.02** | 0.20 ± 0.03* | 0.20 ± 0.04* | 0.18 ± 0.02** |
Data are presented as means ± SE of three biological replicates.
*P < 0.05. **P < 0.01. P‐values produced by two‐tailed Student's t‐test.