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 |
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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