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. 2017 Apr 21;12(4):e0176216. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176216

Table 6. Fatty acid compositions (% total fatty acids) of liver of juvenile black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) fed different dietary DHA/EPA ratios.

Name Dietary DHA/EPA ratio
0.65 1.16 1.60 2.03 2.67 ANOVA P F-value
Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM Mean SEM
14:0 2.69 0.11 2.62 0.10 2.81 0.06 2.82 0.11 2.76 0.01 0.52 0.87
16:0 15.56 0.36 15.06 0.23 15.40 0.39 15.65 0.34 15.10 0.20 0.60 0.72
18:0 14.32 0.54 13.95 0.37 14.12 0.08 14.35 0.10 13.34 0.56 0.41 1.10
∑SFA 32.57 0.97 31.64 0.63 32.33 0.36 32.81 0.17 31.20 0.41 0.32 1.36
16:1n-7 5.30 0.19 4.79 0.21 5.00 0.21 4.98 0.03 4.76 0.12 0.23 1.68
18:1n-9 25.89 1.32 25.56 0.50 24.65 0.66 24.65 0.31 23.83 0.98 0.47 0.96
∑MUFA 31.19 1.51 30.35 0.48 29.65 0.81 29.63 0.29 28.59 1.10 0.43 1.04
18:2n-6 6.95 0.10 6.91 0.27 6.49 0.01 6.20 0.32 6.62 0.19 0.15 2.18
20:2n-6 4.12 0.12 4.16 0.13 4.03 0.18 3.90 0.28 4.05 0.24 0.90 0.25
20:3n-6 1.48a 0.08 1.60ab 0.06 1.68ab 0.01 1.62ab 0.09 1.77b 0.03 0.07 3.13
20:4n-6 3.83 0.22 4.10 0.16 4.23 0.18 4.17 0.25 4.49 0.25 0.36 1.22
22:5n-6 0.27a 0.11 1.13b 0.11 1.60c 0.05 1.87c 0.07 2.33d 0.11 0.00 71.05
∑n-6PUFA 16.65a 0.34 17.90ab 0.51 18.04ab 0.21 17.76ab 0.43 19.27b 0.31 0.01 6.24
18:3n-3 0.29 0.03 0.43 0.06 0.31 0.03 0.29 0.02 0.41 0.04 0.06 3.19
20:5n-3(EPA) 2.48b 0.18 2.22b 0.10 1.79a 0.06 1.47a 0.04 1.43a 0.10 0.00 17.83
22:5n-3 2.42 0.68 1.96 0.52 1.88 0.46 1.77 0.26 1.64 0.23 0.80 0.41
22:6n-3(DHA) 4.81a 0.46 5.81ab 0.45 6.19ab 0.05 6.75b 0.49 7.23b 0.46 0.02 4.97
∑n-3PUFA 9.99 1.31 10.42 0.62 10.17 0.49 10.29 0.63 10.71 0.83 0.98 0.11
n-3/n-6 PUFA 0.60 0.07 0.58 0.05 0.56 0.04 0.58 0.05 0.55 0.03 0.97 0.13
n-3 LC-PUFA 9.70 1.29 9.99 0.68 9.87 0.47 9.87 0.47 10.30 0.79 0.99 0.07
DHA/EPA 1.94a 0.07 2.61b 0.15 3.46c 0.10 4.57d 0.23 5.05d 0.09 0.00 86.28

Data are reported as means and SEM (n = 3). Values in the same line with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05). Some fatty acids in trace amount such as 12:0, 20:0, 22:0, 24:0, 20:1n−9, 22:1n−11, 16:2n−6, 18:3n−6, 18:4n−3, 20:3n−3 and 20:4n−3 were not listed. DHA/EPA, 22:6n−3/20:5n−3; long-chain PUFA (C20-24); MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids.