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. 2016 Sep 2;51(10):1171–1191. doi: 10.1007/s11745-016-4191-4

Table 5.

Total lipid content (percentage of wet weight) and total lipid fatty acid composition (mol%) of muscle (flesh) of sea bream after feeding the experimental diets for 11 weeks

FO WCO ECO DCO
Lipid content (%) 4.5 ± 0.6 3.6 ± 0.6 2.9 ± 0.6 3.5 ± 0.5
Fatty acid composition
 14:0 4.6 ± 0.0a 3.0 ± 1.3ab 2.4 ± 0.1b 2.2 ± 0.1b
 16:0 19.6 ± 0.3 17.4 ± 2.5 16.5 ± 0.2 16.6 ± 0.3
 18:0 4.3 ± 0.2ab 4.1 ± 0.3b 4.6 ± 0.2ab 4.8 ± 0.3a
 20:0 0.2 ± 0.0b 0.4 ± 0.2b 0.7 ± 0.0a 0.6 ± 0.0a
 Total saturatedA 29.3 ± 0.3 25.2 ± 3.9 24.7 ± 0.3 24.7 ± 0.4
 16:1n-7 6.8 ± 0.1a 4.4 ± 2.1ab 3.3 ± 0.2b 3.2 ± 0.2b
 18:1n-9 19.9 ± 0.6a 20.2 ± 0.7a 17.1 ± 0.8b 17.7 ± 0.4b
 18:1n-7 3.4 ± 0.2a 2.5 ± 0.7ab 2.5 ± 0.0ab 2.4 ± 0.1b
 20:1n-11 0.3 ± 0.0a 0.2 ± 0.1b 0.2 ± 0.0b 0.2 ± 0.0b
 20:1n-9 1.4 ± 0.0 4.2 ± 2.4 3.2 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.1
 20:1n-7 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0
 22:1n-11 1.2 ± 0.0a 1.0 ± 0.3ab 0.9 ± 0.0b 0.9 ± 0.0b
 22:1n-9 0.4 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.5 0.7 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0
 Total monounsaturatedB 34.9 ± 0.5a 35.0 ± 1.1a 29.2 ± 1.1b 30.0 ± 0.7b
 18:2n-6 6.6 ± 0.3b 11.1 ± 4.1a 14.6 ± 0.2a 13.6 ± 0.3a
 18:3n-6 0.2 ± 0.0c 0.2 ± 0.0c 0.6 ± 0.0b 1.8 ± 0.1a
 20:2n-6 0.2 ± 0.0b 0.8 ± 0.1ab 1.0 ± 0.0a 0.6 ± 0.0ab
 20:3n-6 0.2 ± 0.0b 0.3 ± 0.1b 0.9 ± 0.1a 1.0 ± 0.1a
 20:4n-6 0.9 ± 0.0bc 0.6 ± 0.3c 1.7 ± 0.2a 1.3 ± 0.1b
 22:4n-6 0.1 ± 0.0bc 0.1 ± 0.0c 0.2 ± 0.0a 0.1 ± 0.0b
 Total n-6 PUFAC 8.5 ± 0.3b 13.2 ± 4.3ab 19.2 ± 0.2a 18.7 ± 0.1a
 18:3n-3 1.2 ± 0.0d 12.1 ± 0.1a 4.6 ± 0.2c 5.8 ± 0.1b
 18:4n-3 1.1 ± 0.0b 0.6 ± 0.0d 0.7 ± 0.0c 1.7 ± 0.1a
 20:3n-3 0.1 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0
 20:4n-3 0.7 ± 0.0b 0.6 ± 0.1b 1.4 ± 0.0a 1.5 ± 0.1a
 20:5n-3 8.0 ± 0.1a 4.5 ± 3.1c 7.8 ± 0.3a 5.7 ± 0.1b
 22:5n-3 2.9 ± 0.1a 1.3 ± 0.1c 2.9 ± 0.2a 2.2 ± 0.1b
 22:6n-3 10.8 ± 0.1a 7.4 ± 0.9c 8.3 ± 0.9bc 9.7 ± 0.6ab
 Total n-3 PUFA 25.2 ± 0.3 25.6 ± 1.4 26.3 ± 1.2 26.1 ± 0.5
 Total PUFAD 35.8 ± 0.6c 39.8 ± 4.1bc 46.1 ± 1.3a 45.3 ± 0.5ab
 EPA + DHA 18.8 ± 0.2a 12.0 ± 3.2b 16.1 ± 1.2ab 14.4 ± 0.5ab
 EPA/DHA 0.7 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.4 0.9 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.0
 EPA + DPA + DHA 21.7 ± 0.2a 13.3 ± 3.3b 19.0 ± 1.3a 16.6 ± 0.6ab

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Different superscript letters within a row denote significant differences among diets as determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s comparison test (p < 0.005)

DCO feed containing EPA + DHA oil from transgenic Camelina, DHA docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3); DPA, docosapentaenoic acid (22:5n-3), ECO feed containing high-EPA oil from transgenic Camelina, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3), FO fish oil feed, WCO wild-type Camelina oil feed

AIncludes 15:0, 22:0 and 24:0

BIncludes 16:1n-9 and 24:1n-9

CIncludes 22:5n-6

DIncludes C16 PUFA