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. 2018 Nov 23;45(2):697–718. doi: 10.1007/s10695-018-0587-9

Table 6.

Lipid contents (% of wet weight) and fatty acid compositions (% of total fatty acids) of liver and muscle from juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.) fed either a reference diet (Magokoro®), 15% lipid diet based on krill oil (15KO), or 15% total lipid diet based on krill oil and rapeseed oil 1:1 (15KORO) in trial B

Liver Muscle
MGK 15KO 15KORO MGK 15KO 15KORO
Total lipid (%) 10.0 ± 1.0a 3.7 ± 2.2b 5.4 ± 1.9b 0.9 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.3
14:0 3.3 ± 0.1a 2.4 ± 0.4b 1.5 ± 0.4c 1.2 ± 0.4a 1.4 ± 0.3a 0.8 ± 0.1b
16:0 17.2 ± 0.6ab 19.7 ± 0.7a 14.8 ± 2.3b 18.8 ± 1.1 20.8 ± 0.3 18.1 ± 0.3
18:0 5.5 ± 0.4 5.6 ± 0.9 5.6 ± 0.7 9.7 ± 0.8a 9.4 ± 0.2ab 8.8 ± 0.1b
Total SFA1 27.2 ± 1.0ab 29.4 ± 0.8a 23.3 ± 2.5b 31.5 ± 1.3ab 33.4 ± 0.9a 29.5 ± 0.5b
16:1n−7 4.3 ± 0.2a 3.4 ± 0.5ab 2.0 ± 0.5b 1.6 ± 0.3a 1.6 ± 0.1a 0.9 ± 0.1b
18:1n−9 16.1 ± 0.9b 10.5 ± 1.1c 23.7 ± 4.3a 9.8 ± 0.2b 7.8 ± 0.5c 14.4 ± 1.0a
18:1n−7 4.0 ± 0.2b 5.2 ± 0.6a 4.3 ± 0.2b 2.9 ± 0.1c 3.8 ± 0.3a 3.2 ± 0.0b
20:1n−9 1.9 ± 0.1a 1.2 ± 0.1b 1.4 ± 0.3ab 0.9 ± 0.0 0.8 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.1
Total MUFA2 30.8 ± 1.6a 22.2 ± 2.4b 33.4 ± 5.3a 18.3 ± 0.4a 15.1 ± 0.2b 20.8 ± 1.4a
18:2n−6 7.4 ± 0.4a 2.2 ± 0.3b 7.5 ± 1.3a 3.9 ± 0.1b 1.6 ± 0.1c 4.5 ± 0.2a
20:4n−6 1.5 ± 0.1a 1.0 ± 0.2b 1.1 ± 0.3ab 1.9 ± 0.2a 1.1 ± 0.0b 1.2 ± 0.1b
22:5n−6 0.7 ± 0.1a 0.9 ± 0.1a 0.4 ± 0.2b 1.1 ± 0.1a 0.6 ± 0.1b 0.6 ± 0.0b
Total n−6 PUFA3 11.6 ± 0.6a 6.3 ± 0.2b 11.0 ± 1.2a 9.3 ± 0.5a 5.9 ± 0.2b 8.6 ± 0.1a
18:3n−3 1.0 ± 0.0b 0.6 ± 0.1c 1.9 ± 0.5a 0.4 ± 0.0b 0.3 ± 0.0b 1.0 ± 0.2a
18:4n−3 1.1 ± 0.0a 1.0 ± 0.1a 0.5 ± 0.2b 0.4 ± 0.1a 0.4 ± 0.0a 0.2 ± 0.0b
20:4n−3 0.6 ± 0.0a 0.3 ± 0.0b 0.2 ± 0.1b 0.3 ± 0.0a 0.2 ± 0.0b 0.2 ± 0.0b
20:5n−3 6.6 ± 0.3b 9.0 ± 0.3a 5.3 ± 0.2c 5.9 ± 0.1b 8.1 ± 0.2a 6.1 ± 0.2b
22:5n−3 2.4 ± 0.2a 2.0 ± 0.2a 1.4 ± 0.3b 1.8 ± 0.0a 1.5 ± 0.1b 1.5 ± 0.0b
22:6n−3 13.7 ± 0.6b 23.5 ± 2.3a 15.4 ± 4.2b 26.9 ± 1.2 28.2 ± 1.7 27.6 ± 1.5
Total n−3 PUFA4 26.9 ± 1.3b 37.6 ± 1.9a 25.5 ± 3.2b 37.1 ± 2.4b 39.8 ± 1.3a 37.5 ± 1.6b
C16 PUFA 2.3 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.2a 2.6 ± 0.1a 2.3 ± 0.1b
Total PUFA 38.5 ± 1.9b 43.8 ± 1.7a 36.4 ± 2.2b 16.5 ± 2.9 45.7 ± 1.0 46.0 ± 1.6
DHA/EPA 2.1 ± 0.0b 2.6 ± 0.3a 2.9 ± 0.7a 4.5 ± 0.3a 3.5 ± 0.2b 4.5 ± 0.2a
n−3/n−6 2.3 ± 0.0b 6.0 ± 0.5a 2.4 ± 0.5b 4.0 ± 0.1b 6.7 ± 0.5a 4.4 ± 0.2b
Unknown 3.5 ± 0.2c 4.6 ± 0.3b 6.9 ± 0.3a 3.7 ± 0.2b 5.8 ± 0.4a 3.7 ± 0.4b

Results are means ± SD (n = 2). An SD of 0.0 implies an SD of < 0.05. Mean values within the same dietary trial bearing different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). 1Totals include 15:0, 20:0, 22:0, and 24:0. 2Totals include 16:1n−9, 18:1n−11, 20:1n−7, 22:1 isomers, and 24:1. 3Totals include 18:3n−6, 20:2n−6, and 22:4n−6. 4Totals include 20:3n−3 and 22:3n−3

DHA docosahexaenoic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, MGK Magokoro, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, SFA saturated fatty acid, 15KO diet containing 15% total lipid as krill oil, 20KO diet containing 20% total lipid as krill oil, 15KORO diet containing 15% total lipid as 50% krill oil and 50% rapeseed oil