. 2018 Jan 4;8:1072. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.01072

Table 3.

Fatty acids profile (% of total fatty acids) in the anterior gills of female E. sinensis subjected to different salinities for 40 days.

Fatty acids	Salinity
	0‰	6‰	12‰	18‰
C14:0	0.30 ± 0.01^bc	0.32 ± 0.01^b	0.44 ± 0.02^a	0.28 ± 0.01^c
C15:0	0.20 ± 0.00^bc	0.21 ± 0.01^b	0.27 ± 0.02^a	0.17 ± 0.00^c
C16:0	11.22 ± 0.06^c	12.59 ± 0.29^b	15.49 ± 0.54^a	13.04 ± 0.27^b
C17:0	0.35 ± 0.00^b	0.31 ± 0.01^b	0.44 ± 0.05^a	0.28 ± 0.01^b
C18:0	7.14 ± 0.13^bc	6.71 ± 0.15^c	8.58 ± 0.13^a	7.45 ± 0.15^b
C20:0	0.72 ± 0.00^b	0.74 ± 0.02^b	0.92 ± 0.04^a	0.74 ± 0.02^b
C22:0	0.73 ± 0.01^b	0.84 ± 0.02^b	1.10 ± 0.12^a	0.86 ± 0.02^b
∑SFA	20.67 ± 0.20^c	21.74 ± 0.51^bc	27.24 ± 0.33^a	22.81 ± 0.47^b
C16:1n7	2.91 ± 0.02^b	3.64 ± 0.08^a	3.85 ± 0.18^a	3.16 ± 0.07^b
C18:1n9	18.99 ± 0.22	19.93 ± 0.46	19.55 ± 0.10	19.47 ± 0.40
C18:1n7	3.12 ± 0.04^b	3.67 ± 0.08^a	3.23 ± 0.03^b	3.09 ± 0.07^b
C20:1n7	0.81 ± 0.01^b	0.87 ± 0.02^a	0.72 ± 0.02^c	0.82 ± 0.02^ab
∑MUFA	25.83 ± 0.31^b	28.13 ± 0.65^a	27.35 ± 0.28^ab	26.55 ± 0.55^ab
C18:2n6	7.02 ± 0.03^c	7.52 ± 0.17^ab	7.20 ± 0.09^bc	7.93 ± 0.16^a
C18:3n3	0.38 ± 0.00^b	0.44 ± 0.01^a	0.45 ± 0.01^a	0.40 ± 0.01^b
C20:2n6	2.30 ± 0.04^a	2.09 ± 0.05^b	1.79 ± 0.09^c	2.39 ± 0.05^a
C20:3n6	0.17 ± 0.01^b	0.20 ± 0.00^ab	0.08 ± 0.03^c	0.21 ± 0.01^a
C20:4n6	18.20 ± 0.38^b	18.58 ± 0.43^b	16.72 ± 0.25^c	20.48 ± 0.42^a
C20:5n3	9.27 ± 0.19^a	8.22 ± 0.19^b	7.56 ± 0.14^c	7.07 ± 0.15^c
C22:6n3	4.78 ± 0.10^ab	5.00 ± 0.11^a	4.17 ± 0.14^c	4.45 ± 0.09^bc
∑PUFA	42.13 ± 0.75^a	42.04 ± 0.97^a	37.95 ± 0.56^b	42.92 ± 0.88^a
n-3PUFA	14.43 ± 0.29^a	13.65 ± 0.32^a	12.18 ± 0.28^b	11.92 ± 0.25^b
n-6PUFA	27.69 ± 0.46^b	28.39 ± 0.66^b	25.77 ± 0.28^c	31.01 ± 0.64^a
n-3/n-6	0.52 ± 0.00^a	0.48 ± 0.00^b	0.47 ± 0.01^c	0.38 ± 0.00^d
∑HUFA	32.42 ± 0.68^a	31.99 ± 0.74^a	28.50 ± 0.55^b	32.21 ± 0.66^a

Data are presented as mean ± SE. Values within the same row with different letters indicate significant difference (P < 0.05). ∑SFA: total saturated fatty acid; ∑MUFA: total monounsaturated fatty acid; ∑PUFA: total polyunsaturated fatty acid; ∑HUFA: total highly unsaturated fatty acid.