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

Table 4.

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

Fatty acids	Salinity
	0‰	6‰	12‰	18‰
C14:0	0.18 ± 0.00^b	0.26 ± 0.01^a	0.27 ± 0.01^a	0.27 ± 0.01^a
C15:0	0.15 ± 0.00^b	0.17 ± 0.01^a	0.18 ± 0.00^a	0.17 ± 0.00^a
C16:0	10.57 ± 0.24^d	14.03 ± 0.33^a	12.43 ± 0.22^b	11.52 ± 0.27^c
C17:0	0.31 ± 0.01^b	0.34 ± 0.01^b	0.39 ± 0.03^a	0.32 ± 0.01^b
C18:0	6.80 ± 0.16^b	7.58 ± 0.18^a	7.71 ± 0.06^a	7.53 ± 0.18^a
C20:0	0.71 ± 0.02^b	0.73 ± 0.02^b	0.82 ± 0.01^a	0.81 ± 0.02^a
C22:0	0.75 ± 0.02^b	0.73 ± 0.02^b	0.93 ± 0.00^a	0.92 ± 0.02^a
∑SFA	19.47 ± 0.45^c	23.84 ± 0.55^a	22.73 ± 0.26^ab	21.55 ± 0.50^b
C16:1n7	2.50 ± 0.06^d	3.75 ± 0.09^a	3.07 ± 0.02^b	2.83 ± 0.07^c
C18:1n9	17.92 ± 0.41^c	20.76 ± 0.48^a	19.38 ± 0.00^b	19.68 ± 0.46^ab
C18:1n7	2.88 ± 0.07^c	3.36 ± 0.08^a	3.09 ± 0.01^b	3.03 ± 0.07^bc
C20:1n7	0.74 ± 0.02	0.78 ± 0.02	0.75 ± 0.00	0.78 ± 0.02
∑MUFA	24.04 ± 0.56^c	28.65 ± 0.66^a	26.29 ± 0.03^b	26.32 ± 0.61^b
C18:2n6	7.89 ± 0.18^b	8.86 ± 0.21^a	7.73 ± 0.04^b	8.23 ± 0.19^b
C18:3n3	0.45 ± 0.01^b	0.48 ± 0.01^ab	0.50 ± 0.01^a	0.45 ± 0.01^b
C20:2n6	3.00 ± 0.07^a	2.55 ± 0.06^b	2.58 ± 0.01^b	2.49 ± 0.06^b
C20:3n6	0.15 ± 0.00^c	0.18 ± 0.00^b	0.19 ± 0.00^b	0.25 ± 0.01^a
C20:4n6	14.80 ± 0.34^c	15.63 ± 0.36^bc	16.67 ± 0.04^b	18.68 ± 0.43^a
C20:5n3	11.69 ± 0.29^a	8.85 ± 0.20^c	9.89 ± 0.04^b	8.91 ± 0.21^c
C22:6n3	4.35 ± 0.10^c	4.01 ± 0.09^d	4.68 ± 0.02^b	5.02 ± 0.12^a
∑PUFA	42.34 ± 0.98^ab	40.55 ± 0.93^b	42.24 ± 0.01^ab	44.03 ± 1.02^a
n-3PUFA	16.50 ± 0.38^a	13.34 ± 0.31^c	15.08 ± 0.01^b	14.38 ± 0.33^b
n-6PUFA	25.84 ± 0.60^b	27.21 ± 0.63^b	27.16 ± 0.00^b	29.65 ± 0.69^a
n-3/n-6	0.64 ± 0.00^a	0.49 ± 0.00^c	0.56 ± 0.00^b	0.49 ± 0.00^c
∑HUFA	30.99 ± 0.72^a	28.67 ± 0.66^b	31.43 ± 0.06^a	32.86 ± 0.76^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.