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Table 2.

Fatty acid profiles of liver and muscle of the experimental fish (% total fatty acid, means ± standard error, n = 3).

Fatty acids	ARA-0.05	ARA-0.22	ARA-0.37	ARA-0.60	ARA-1.38	ARA-2.32
Liver
C18:0	5.02 ± 0.50	5.96 ± 0.16	5.64 ± 0.42	6.17 ± 0.58	5.14 ± 0.23	6.10 ± 0.31
ΣSFA	28.54 ± 1.26^a	29.52 ± 0.82^a	26.54 ± 0.95^a,b	26.44 ± 1.15^a,b	22.36 ± 0.40^b	23.78 ± 2.32^a,b
C18:1n-9	24.90 ± 1.97^a	24.35 ± 4.82^a	23.67 ± 3.15^a,b	19.58 ± 1.76^a,b	15.53 ± 0.67^a,b	11.80 ± 1.98^b
∑MUFA	35.36 ± 2.46^a	34.87 ± 5.34^a	33.68 ± 4.02^a	27.56 ± 2.20^a,b	21.95 ± 0.54^a,b	16.5 ± 2.73^b
C20:4n-6	1.14 ± 0.09^d	2.90 ± 0.65^c	3.52 ± 0.27^b	7.15 ± 0.64^a	10.84 ± 0.62^a	17.33 ± 0.64^a
∑n-6 PUFA	12.09 ± 0.78^c	12.55 ± 2.12^c	13.78 ± 0.95^c	16.92 ± 1.28^b,c	21.46 ± 0.94^b	28.21 ± 1.30^a
C20:5n-3	2.06 ± 0.19	1.63 ± 0.44	1.93 ± 0.57	2.19 ± 0.20	2.57 ± 0.42	2.04 ± 0.25
C22:6n-3	13.26 ± 1.53	12.31 ± 1.77	14.50 ± 1.85	17.35 ± 1.40	18.95 ± 0.05	16.02 ± 1.57
∑n-3 PUFA	17.87 ± 1.83	15.96 ± 2.56	18.82 ± 2.82	21.89 ± 1.73	24.41 ± 0.38	20.20 ± 1.97
Muscle
C18:0	8.03 ± 0.31	7.71 ± 0.11	7.66 ± 0.34	8.14 ± 0.17	7.98 ± 0.13	7.92 ± 0.27
ΣSFA	32.30 ± 0.82^a	30.44 ± 0.07^a,b	30.05 ± 0.64^a,b,c	30.23 ± 0.48^a,b,c	28.83 ± 0.12^b,c	27.67 ± 0.78^c
C18:1n-9	18.00 ± 0.44^a	17.82 ± 0.93^a	16.31 ± 0.40^a,b	13.58 ± 0.11^b,c	13.12 ± 1.00^b,c	11.41 ± 0.72^c
∑MUFA	24.99 ± 0.47^a	24.56 ± 1.14^a	22.37 ± 0.70^b,c	18.12 ± 0.10^c,d	18.05 ± 1.35^c,d	15.36 ± 1.14^d
C20:4n-6	2.93 ± 0.22^e	4.53 ± 0.15d^e	5.90 ± 0.45^d	10.73 ± 0.22^c	13.74 ± 0.84^b	21.86 ± 0.45^a
∑n-6 PUFA	11.66 ± 0.35^d	12.71 ± 0.19^d	13.64 ± 0.25^d	17.39 ± 0.55^c	22.84 ± 0.85^b	29.52 ± 1.14^a
C20:5n-3	3.27 ± 0.08^a	2.63 ± 0.15^b	2.55 ± 0.20^b	2.32 ± 0.06^b,c	2.36 ± 0.08^b,c	1.80 ± 0.14^c
C22:6n-3	18.87 ± 0.45^a	17.18 ± 0.57^a	18.90 ± 0.90^a	19.18 ± 0.88^a	15.81 ± 0.79^a,b	12.98 ± 0.97^b
∑n-3 PUFA	24.41 ± 0.43^a	21.86 ± 0.71^a,b	23.53 ± 0.73^a,b	23.38 ± 0.90^a,b	20.13 ± 0.77^b	16.33 ± 0.85^c

Values in the same row with no common superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.