Table 2.

Fatty acids composition (% of total lipid) of the experimental diets.

Fatty acids	Experimental diets
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
C8	2.81	4.03	2.35	2.08	2.86	3.20	3.17	3.28
C10	0.94	0.95	0.41	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36
C11	0.66	0.65	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29
C12	0.34	0.31	0.18	0.19	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.22
C13	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.23	0.24	0.24
C14	3.26	2.95	2.96	2.65	3.06	3.56	3.44	3.73
C15	0.26	0.32	0.40	0.47	0.58	0.70	0.68	0.76
C16	12.64	45.32	18.75	20.48	24.34	28.10	28.25	30.90
C17	0.00	0.14	0.17	0.21	0.24	0.27	0.27	0.29
Cis-10-C17	0.52	0.44	0.40	0.33	0.33	0.36	0.35	0.35
C18	2.16	2.27	2.38	2.19	2.11	2.15	2.14	1.97
C20	0.09	0.11	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.15
C23	19.97	19.69	19.79	19.61	19.76	19.69	19.70	19.87
C24	0.74	0.65	0.62	0.55	0.56	0.61	0.60	0.60
C16:1n-7	4.69	3.52	2.81	1.84	1.81	2.06	2.00	1.99
C18:1n-9	11.69	10.76	10.72	7.64	6.21	4.60	5.39	3.84
C18:2n-6	10.47	16.60	10.21	17.19	13.76	8.63	12.77	9.22
C18:3n-3	1.55	2.40	2.89	5.92	5.48	5.62	1.96	1.32
C20:1n-9	5.29	3.00	2.00	0.32	0.29	0.27	0.29	0.26
C20:3n-3	0.50	0.44	0.57	0.60	0.68	0.79	0.75	0.80
C20:5n-3	7.02	4.95	4.08	2.56	2.34	2.79	2.42	2.67
C22:6n-3	4.73	5.59	7.17	8.42	10.77	13.34	12.87	14.72
Major groups
Σ SFA	44.63	78.07	49.07	49.78	55.08	59.89	59.87	63.01
Σ MUFA	21.67	17.28	15.53	9.80	8.31	6.93	7.68	6.09
Σ n-6	10.47	16.60	10.21	17.19	13.76	8.63	12.77	9.22
Σ n-3	13.80	13.38	14.71	17.50	19.27	22.54	8.00	19.51
Σ LC-PUFA	12.25	10.98	11.82	11.58	13.79	16.92	16.04	18.19
n-3/n-6	1.31	1.22	1.44	1.02	1.40	2.61	0.63	2.12

SFA, saturated fatty acids = sum C8 to C24.

MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids = C16:1n-7 + C18:1n-9 + C20:1n-9.

n-6 PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids = C18:2n-6.

n-3 PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids = C18:3n-3 + C20:3n-3 + C20:5n-3 + C22:6n-3.

LC-PUFA, long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids = C20:3n-3 + C20:5n-3 + C22:6n-3.