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Table 3.

Fatty acid composition of the muscle phospholipids from yellow-rumped warblers (Setophaga coronata) fed different dietary oil blends

Fatty Acid	MUFA	n–3 PUFA	n–6 PUFA	F Value	P Value
16:0	27.86 ± 0.72^b	33.94 ± 0.70^a	29.50 ± 0.72^b	F_2,50 = 19.69	<0.0001
18:0	25.71 ± 0.61^b	28.18 ± 0.60^a	29.61 ± 0.61^a	F_2,50 = 10.18	0.0002
18:1n–9 cis	18.14 ± 0.57^b	7.14 ± 0.56^c	10.12 ± 0.57^b	F_2,50 = 99.16	<0.0001
18:2n–6 cis	6.58 ± 0.38^b	1.31 ± 0.37^b	1.65 ± 0.38^b	F_2,50 = 60.91	<0.0001
20:4n–6 (ARA)	10.34 ± 1.01^b	0.67 ± 0.98^c	18.95 ± 1.01^a	F_2,50 = 88.73	<0.0001
20:5n–3 (EPA)	0.06 ± 0.11^b	1.17 ± 0.11^a	0.09 ± 0.11^b	F_2,50 = 34.28	<0.0001
22:6 n–3 (DHA)	8.26 ± 1.40^c	25.00 ± 1.36^a	7.07 ± 1.39^b	F_2,50 = 53.16	<0.0001
SFA	54.00 ± 1.04^c	62.70 ± 1.02^a	59.58 ± 1.04^b	F_2,50 = 18.43	<0.0001
MUFA	19.72 ± 0.59^a	8.91 ± 0.57^c	11.67 ± 0.59^b	F_2,50 = 93.20	<0.0001
PUFA	26.29 ± 1.21	28.38 ± 1.18	28.34 ± 1.21	F_2,50 = 0.98	0.38
LCPUFA	19.19 ± 1.30^b	27.03 ± 1.27^a	26.53 ± 1.30^a	F_2,50 = 11.50	<0.0001
n–3 PUFA	8.90 ± 1.46^b	26.36 ± 1.42^a	7.60 ± 1.46^b	F_2,50 = 53.44	<0.0001
n–6 PUFA	17.09 ± 0.90^b	2.01 ± 0.87^c	20.71 ± 0.89^a	F_2,50 = 128.08	<0.0001
n–6:n–3	2.13 ± 0.86^b	0.10 ± 0.85^c	4.69 ± 0.86^a	F_2,50 = 7.17	0.002

Data are %mean mass ± SE. Fatty acid groups include minor fatty acids not listed above. EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; LCPUFA, long-chain PUFA. Warblers per group: MUFA: 20; n–3 PUFA: 16; n–6 PUFA: 20.

^{^a,b,c}

P < 0.05, values with different superscripts differ between diet groups.