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. 2018 Sep 21;13(9):e0198538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198538

Table 6. Lipid classes of muscle tissue before and after 14 weeks of feeding (mg g-1 wet weight).

Lipid classes
(mg g-1 wet weight)
Initial
n = 10
Marine
n = 16–19
Medium marine
n = 16–19
Animal by-products
n = 16–19
Vegetable protein
n = 16–19
ω3LC0
n = 16–19
ω3LC1
n = 16–19
ω3LC1.41
n = 16–19
Total lipid 15.2±7.6 17.8±14.0 9.3±5.2 8.6±4.7 13.7±5.5 10.6±6.0 17.2±12.3 18.1±15.3
Triacylglycerol 7.2±4.8 8.6±7.7ab 5.6±4.5ab 3.4±2.1b 7.9±4.9ab 5.1±3.4ab 8.3±6.4ab 9.2±6.7a
Sterol 0.26±0.17 0.87±0.77a 0.17±0.09ab 0.20±0.33b 0.23±0.04a 0.26±0.16a 0.29±0.27ab 0.28±0.18a
Phospholipid 5.0±2.4 2.8±0.8b 2.9±1.3b 3.9±1.5ab 3.8±0.6ab 4.2±2.8ab 4.4±2.5ab 5.2±3.2a

Underlined data represent values that are statistically different from week 0; different letters indicate significant differences among diets

Data are mean ± standard deviation for n replicates