. 2018 Mar 13;55(5):1933–1941. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3111-4

Table 3.

Fatty acid profile of fresh and processed (both domestic and industrial level) six sea cucumber species collected from the northwest coast of Sri Lanka

FA type	H. scabra		H. spinifera		T. anax		B. marmorata		Bohadschia sp. 1		S. chloronotus
FA type	Fresh	Processed	Fresh	Processed	Fresh	Processed	Fresh	Processed	Fresh	Processed	Fresh	Processed
C8:0	0.53 ± 0.01^a	0.41 ± 0.01^b	0.1 ± 0.00^a	0.23 ± 0.01^b	0.45 ± 0.11^a	0.56 ± 0.03^a	2.07 ± 0.05^a	0.97 ± 0.08^b	1.58 ± 0.22^a	1.51 ± 0.10^a	0.65 ± 0.09^a	0.37 ± 0.04^b
C10:0	0.63 ± 0.01^a	0.49 ± 0.01^b	0.12 ± 0.00^a	0.27 ± 0.01^b	0.54 ± 0.19^a	0.67 ± 0.03^a	2.47 ± 0.06^a	1.14 ± 0.09^b	1.89 ± 0.26^a	1.79 ± 0.12^a	0.77 ± 0.10^a	0.44 ± 0.05^b
C11:0	0.0 ± 0.00^a	0.4 ± 0.01^b	0.09 ± 0.00^a	0.22 ± 0.01^b	0.38 ± 0.15^a	0.55 ± 0.02^a	0.0 ± 0.00^a	0.92 ± 0.06^b	0.0 ± 0.00^a	1.47 ± 0.10^b	0.0 ± 0.00^a	0.36 ± 0.04^b
C12:0	0.69 ± 0.01^a	0.5 ± 0.05^b	0.14 ± 0.01^a	0.37 ± 0.06^b	1.99 ± 0.24^a	0.78 ± 0.14^b	2.44 ± 0.05^a	1.33 ± 0.19^b	1.95 ± 0.28^a	1.83 ± 0.14^a	0.8 ± 0.10^a	0.53 ± 0.05^b
C13:0	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.16 ± 0.01^b	0.06 ± 0.01^a	0.11 ± 0.01^b	0.19 ± 0.08^a	0.22 ± 0.00^a	0.78 ± 0.02^a	0.36 ± 0.03^b	0.6 ± 0.08^a	0.58 ± 0.05^a	0.24 ± 0.03^a	0.15 ± 0.02^b
C14:0	5.14 ± 0.04^a	3.06 ± 1.21^b	4.88 ± 0.18^a	5.23 ± 0.30^a	3.47 ± 0.52^a	5.38 ± 0.14^b	4.29 ± 0.47^a	4.14 ± 1.77^a	4.24 ± 0.36^a	5.89 ± 0.47^b	6.04 ± 0.10^a	3.7 ± 0.14^b
C15:0	3.52 ± 0.04^a	1.76 ± 0.05^b	1.16 ± 0.04^a	1.81 ± 0.05^b	0.93 ± 0.04^a	0.96 ± 0.11^a	1.96 ± 0.03^a	2.61 ± 1.42^a	1.66 ± 0.28^a	2.16 ± 0.16^a	1.0 ± 0.27^a	0.71 ± 0.09^a
C16:0	15.28 ± 0.15^a	3.44 ± 0.13^b	17.85 ± 1.62^a	17.41 ± 0.37^a	15.63 ± 0.23^a	11.76 ± 1.27^b	9.6 ± 0.75^a	13.56 ± 2.22^b	16.01 ± 2.27^a	15.47 ± 1.74^a	28.3 ± 1.49^a	16.22 ± 0.56^b
C17:0	2.35 ± 0.70^a	2.86 ± 0.10^a	1.88 ± 0.08^a	2.73 ± 0.05^b	2.45 ± 0.42^a	1.74 ± 0.35^a	2.47 ± 0.05^a	1.53 ± 0.54^b	2.07 ± 0.26^a	3.5 ± 1.07^a	1.33 ± 0.13^a	1.75 ± 0.45^a
C18:0	7.56 ± 0.04^a	7.93 ± 2.72^a	8.46 ± 0.23^a	8.28 ± 0.09^a	6.23 ± 1.33^a	6.73 ± 0.21^a	7.71 ± 1.17^a	6.73 ± 3.62^a	7.47 ± 1.29^a	9.32 ± 0.18^a	8.07 ± 0.37^a	6.03 ± 0.09^b
C20:0	2.4 ± 0.05^a	3.07 ± 0.21^b	2.58 ± 0.14^a	1.91 ± 0.01^b	5.17 ± 0.40^a	2.99 ± 0.17^b	4.07 ± 0.53^a	1.31 ± 0.20^b	1.75 ± 0.14^a	4.15 ± 0.00^b	1.89 ± 0.02^a	2.26 ± 0.08^b
C21:0	1.41 ± 0.04^a	1.43 ± 0.05^a	1.44 ± 0.04^a	1.01 ± 0.02^b	3.94 ± 1.26^a	1.72 ± 0.11^b	3.17 ± 0.24^a	2.18 ± 1.26^a	1.54 ± 0.25^a	2.93 ± 0.13^b	1.0 ± 0.03^a	1.38 ± 0.04^b
C22:0	1.41 ± 0.02^a	1.67 ± 0.41^a	1.37 ± 0.41^a	1.22 ± 0.29^a	2.55 ± 0.71^a	2.03 ± 0.30^a	4.77 ± 0.41^a	3.25 ± 0.52^b	2.96 ± 0.34^a	3.07 ± 0.64^a	1.66 ± 0.41^a	1.29 ± 0.31^a
C23:0	0.46 ± 0.11^a	0.66 ± 0.07^a	0.0 ± 0.00^a	0.34 ± 0.12^b	1.1 ± 0.09^a	0.62 ± 0.18^b	1.37 ± 0.06^a	0.68 ± 0.12^b	1.02 ± 0.14^a	0.96 ± 0.07^a	0.47 ± 0.06^a	0.45 ± 0.04^a
∑SFA	41.61 ± 0.78^a	27.82 ± 2.08^b	40.12 ± 0.69^a	41.14 ± 0.92^a	45.02 ± 1.22^a	36.71 ± 1.63^b	47.16 ± 2.44^a	40.71 ± 2.70^b	44.76 ± 3.95^a	54.63 ± 0.62^b	52.21 ± 1.61^a	35.65 ± 0.61^b
C14:1	7.02 ± 0.11^a	4.93 ± 0.45^b	8.33 ± 0.21^a	6.68 ± 0.94^b	5.04 ± 1.21^a	7.77 ± 0.13^b	1.91 ± 0.68^a	5.61 ± 2.65^a	2.49 ± 1.66^a	3.92 ± 0.02^a	7.44 ± 0.49^a	4.73 ± 0.08^b
C16:1	7.05 ± 0.23^a	3.92 ± 0.27^b	10.35 ± 0.30^a	10.41 ± 0.13^a	7.17 ± 0.80^a	5.19 ± 0.08^b	5.07 ± 0.79^a	4.52 ± 1.45^a	7.26 ± 1.16^a	3.2 ± 0.84^b	6.33 ± 0.15^a	5.05 ± 0.08^b
C17:1	1.04 ± 0.32^a	0.53 ± 0.00^a	0.26 ± 0.09^a	0.37 ± 0.08^a	0.68 ± 0.04^a	0.73 ± 0.03^a	2.67 ± 0.05^a	1.24 ± 0.12^b	2.04 ± 0.28^a	1.93 ± 0.13^a	0.83 ± 0.11^a	0.47 ± 0.06^b
C18:1n9c	1.56 ± 0.50^a	1.5 ± 0.02^a	1.91 ± 0.06^a	0.75 ± 0.09^b	3.09 ± 0.99^a	1.21 ± 0.10^b	2.5 ± 0.10^a	1.97 ± 1.10^a	3.89 ± 0.49^a	1.86 ± 0.15^b	1.47 ± 0.09^a	1.7 ± 0.88^a
C18:1n9t	1.79 ± 0.06^a	3.39 ± 0.18^b	4.22 ± 0.52^a	3.67 ± 0.11^a	2.92 ± 1.00^a	1.44 ± 0.48^a	0.67 ± 0.19^a	3.27 ± 1.65^a	1.62 ± 1.80^a	1.31 ± 0.29^a	0.91 ± 0.37^a	1.57 ± 0.13^b
C20:1n9	3.69 ± 0.08^a	5.13 ± 0.24^b	5.66 ± 0.27^a	3.9 ± 0.07^b	10.56 ± 1.48^a	4.38 ± 0.13^b	6.54 ± 1.18^a	12.04 ± 3.11^b	5.4 ± 0.34^a	7.22 ± 0.43^b	3.59 ± 0.10^a	4.97 ± 0.24^b
∑MUFA	22.14 ± 0.72^a	19.4 ± 0.22^b	30.72 ± 0.37^a	25.78 ± 0.99^b	29.47 ± 0.06^a	20.71 ± 0.34^b	19.37 ± 2.24^a	28.64 ± 6.32^a	22.71 ± 0.51^a	19.44 ± 1.01^b	20.56 ± 0.19^a	18.49 ± 0.40^b
C18:3n6	0.64 ± 0.01^a	0.5 ± 0.02^b	0.2 ± 0.03^a	0.31 ± 0.04^b	0.46 ± 0.18^a	0.76 ± 0.09^a	2.45 ± 0.04^a	1.13 ± 0.08^b	1.88 ± 0.24^a	1.76 ± 0.12^a	0.86 ± 0.12^a	0.53 ± 0.01^b
C18:2n6c	0.81 ± 0.07^a	0.63 ± 0.24^a	0.4 ± 0.09^a	0.51 ± 0.15^a	0.97 ± 0.74^a	0.89 ± 0.24^a	1.62 ± 0.09^a	1.18 ± 0.55^a	1.68 ± 0.04^a	1.14 ± 0.09^a	0.94 ± 0.22^a	0.99 ± 0.43^a
C20:4n6	7.32 ± 0.15^a	11.11 ± 0.64^b	8.47 ± 0.23^a	10.78 ± 0.42^b	6.25 ± 3.42^a	13.49 ± 0.60^b	9.15 ± 0.26^a	7.08 ± 2.15^a	8.14 ± 0.97^a	4.37 ± 0.23^b	5.47 ± 0.14^a	10.88 ± 0.38^b
C20:5n3	18.55 ± 0.57^a	27.06 ± 0.67^b	10.95 ± 0.26^a	14.84 ± 0.92^b	5.51 ± 0.78^a	18.71 ± 0.88^b	3.71 ± 0.26^a	6.33 ± 3.36^a	9.3 ± 4.03^a	5.54 ± 0.41^a	13.0 ± 1.47^a	24.19 ± 0.73^b
C20:3n6	5.6 ± 0.16^a	7.95 ± 0.23^b	3.09 ± 0.07^a	4.35 ± 0.26^b	1.9 ± 0.46^a	5.71 ± 0.25^b	3.53 ± 0.75^a	2.31 ± 1.17^a	4.02 ± 0.95^a	2.43 ± 0.43^a	4.2 ± 0.32^a	7.11 ± 0.20^b
C20:2	1.58 ± 1.63^a	3.84 ± 1.43^a	5.1 ± 0.21^a	0.77 ± 0.10^b	8.9 ± 0.51^a	0.88 ± 0.08^b	6.6 ± 0.22^a	9.63 ± 2.25^a	2.66 ± 1.50^a	6.08 ± 0.12^b	0.74 ± 0.17^a	0.77 ± 0.02^a
C22:6n3	1.27 ± 0.14^a	1.27 ± 0.48^a	0.61 ± 0.15^a	1.3 ± 0.28^b	0.99 ± 0.41^a	1.61 ± 0.25^a	4.54 ± 0.09^a	2.07 ± 0.15^b	3.47 ± 0.47^a	3.28 ± 0.23^a	1.43 ± 0.19^a	1.05 ± 0.11^b
C22:2	0.48 ± 0.02^a	0.42 ± 0.07^a	0.33 ± 0.11^a	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.55 ± 0.08^a	0.53 ± 0.04^a	1.87 ± 0.01^a	0.93 ± 0.02^b	1.39 ± 0.18^a	1.31 ± 0.09^a	0.6 ± 0.10^a	0.35 ± 0.02^b
∑PUFA	36.25 ± 0.63^a	52.78 ± 2.30^b	29.16 ± 0.35^a	33.09 ± 1.75^b	25.51 ± 1.28^a	42.57 ± 1.79^b	33.48 ± 0.43^a	30.65 ± 3.89^a	32.53 ± 4.19^a	25.92 ± 0.40^a	27.23 ± 1.50^a	45.86 ± 0.89^b
ω-3/ω-6	1.21	1.16	0.66	0.95	0.34	0.91	0.33	0.38	0.65	0.52	1.13	1.22

Note: For each species values in the same row bearing different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05); ∑ω-3 = C20:5n3 + C22:6n3; ∑ω-6 = C18:3n6 + C18:2n6c + C20:4n6 + C20:3n6 + C20:2 + C22:2; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid, for each species 15 samples each with 3 replicates were analysed