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. 2016 Nov 23;14(1):310–317. doi: 10.21010/ajtcam.v14i1.33

Table 2.

Fatty acid profile of BR compared to TBV (%).

Fatty acid composition Rihane Manel Roho Tej
C12:0 ND ND ND ND
C14:0 1.23±0.04a 1.71±0.01b 0.98±0.01c 0.43±0.07d
C16:0 9.61±0.07a 8.20±0.01b 7.79±0.05c 6.71±0.03d
C17:0 0.51±0.05a 2.00±0.02b 0.26±0.01c 0.66±0.02d
C18:0 2.44±0.06a 3.94±0.03b 4.42±0.08c 5.55±0.08d
C20:0 2.56±0.03a 0.95±0.02b 4.60±0.06c 3.54±0.02d
C22:0 1.20±0.01a 0.49±0.06b 0.14±0.02c 0.73±0.08d
C24:0 0.96±0.01a 0.40±0.04b 0.21±0.01c 0.74±0.04d
SFA 18.50±0.25a 17.70±0.19b 18.41±0.23a 18.37±0.35c
C14:1 0.94±0.02a 2.04±0.03b 0.22±0.02c 0.81±0.08a
C16:1 w7 5.35±0.03a 3.28±0.03b 12.74±0.09c 11.45±0.05d
C18:1 w9 16.15±0.03a 15.95±0.01b 12.61±0.09c 10.32±0.05d
C18:1 w7 0.68±0.01a 1.26±0.02b 2.91±0.03c 3.47±0.09d
C20:1 w9 3.19±0.07a 0.53±0.02b 2.30±0.02c 2.90±0.04d
C22:1 1.10±0.05a 5.60±0.03b 1.07±0.02a 1.72±0.04c
C24:1 1.33±0.01a 0.78±0.06b 0.50±0.03c 0.23±0.05d
MUFA 28.72±0.22a 29.45±0.21b 32.35±0.29c 30.91±0.41d
C18:2w6 13.26±0.03a 13.24±0.02a 12.31±0.04b 14.52±0.04c
C18:3 w3 29.03±0.02a 23.29±0.02b 20.64±0.05c 19.04±0.03d
C20:4w6 1.03±0.01a 1.62±0.06b 3.27±0.04c 2.23±0.04d
C20:5 w3 (EPA) 4.03±0.03a 5.53±0.09b 1.59±0.05c 2.11±0.01d
C22:4w6 0.65±0.01a 4.38±0.03b 0.40±0.01c 1.33±0.05d
C22:5 w3 1.07±0.06a 1.59±0.06b 8.93±0.03c 9.56±0.09d
C22:6 w3 (DHA) 3.70±0.06a 3.20±0.03b 2.09±0.05c 1.93±0.04d
PUFA 52.78±0.23a 52.85±0.30b 49.24±0.27a 50.73±0.29c
SFA/PUFA 0.35a 0.33b 0.37c 0.36d
U/Se 2.62a 2.34b 2.85c 2.86d

Values are means of triplicate assays ± Standard Error. Means in the same line with different lowercase letters are significantly different (P<0.0001). ND: Not detected.

e

Unsaturation ratio = (16:1 + 18:1 + 18:2)/(12:0 + 14:0 + 16:0 + 18:0).