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. 2018 Apr 24;12:103. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00103

Table 2.

Main fatty acid composition of experimental diets (Mean ± SD, g/kg fresh weight).

Fatty acids SF DI DII
C 14: 0 0.05 ± 0.00 0.21 ± 0.01 1.50 ± 0.00
C 16: 0 4.13 ± 0.14 4.68 ± 0.31 6.33 ± 0.04
C 16:1 n−7 0.09 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 1.55 ± 0.01
C 18:0 0.75 ± 0.04 1.55 ± 0.08 1.77 ± 0.01
C 18:1 n−9 13.15 ± 0.35 12.04 ± 0.81 6.15 ± 0.05
C 18:1 n−7 0.34 ± 0.06 0.59 ± 0.07 0.98 ± 0.02
C 18:2 n−6 10.63 ± 0.78 28.84 ± 0.42 16.23 ± 0.00
C 18:3 n−3 1.01 ± 0.13 0.15 ± 0.03 0.44 ± 0.00
C 18:4 n−3 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 0.66 ± 0.01
C 20:0 0.11 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.00 0.24 ± 0.00
C 20:1 n−9 0.18 ± 0.00 0.12 ± 0.00 1.09 ± 0.07
C 20:4 n6 (ADA) 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 0.20 ± 0.00
C 20:4 n−3 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 0.24 ± 0.01
C 20:5 n3 (EPA) 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 2.29 ± 0.02
C 22:0 0.18 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.02
C 22:1 n−11 0.05 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.06 0.74 ± 0.04
C 22: 5 n6 (DPA) 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 0.11 ± 0.01
C 22: 5 n−3 0.05 ± 0.00 0.06 ± 0.03 0.43 ± 0.01
C 22: 6 n3 (DHA) 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 3.47 ± 0.01
TOTALS
Saturates 5.42 ± 0.16 6.83 ± 0.37 10.41 ± 0.06
Monoenes 14.00 ± 0.39 13.41 ± 1.03 11.24 ± 0.09
PUFAs 11.69 ± 0.91 29.05 ± 0.47 24.07 ± 0.08
n−9 13.47 ± 0.33 12.35 ± 0.86 7.85 ± 0.10
n−6 10.63 ± 0.78 28.84 ± 0.42 16.55 ± 0.09
n−3 1.06 ± 0.13 0.22 ± 0.06 7.52 ± 0.01
n−3 LC-PUFAs 0.05 ± 0.00 0.06 ± 0.03 6.43 ± 0.02
n−6 LC-PUFAs 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 0.32 ± 0.01
RATIOS
n−3/n−6 0.10 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.00 0.45 ± 0.00
n−6/n−3 10.04 ± 0.52 138.37 ± 33.71 2.20 ± 0.02
Total FA content 31.53 ± 1.67 49.84 ± 2.10 46.43 ± 0.45
% Lipids (fresh weight) 5.48 ± 0.11 6.45 ± 0.55 6.31 ± 0.00
% Moisture 9.79 ± 0.09 8.65 ± 0.27 7.85 ± 0.00
% Lipids (dry weight) 6.07 ± 0.12 7.06 ± 0.59 6.85 ± 0.00

FA; fatty acids. Totals include some minor components not shown. The most common LC-PUFAs mentioned in the text are bold marked.