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. 2019 Jul 3;14(7):e0219260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219260

Table 7. The principal fatty acid profiles (% total fatty acids) of the neutral lipids and polar lipids in the muscles of adult female E. sinensis.

Fatty acids Neutral lipids Polar lipids
0 ‰ 6 ‰ 12 ‰ 18 ‰ 0 ‰ 6 ‰ 12 ‰ 18 ‰
C16:0 9.51 ± 0.34 9.65 ± 0.08 9.51 ± 0.44 9.06 ± 0.02 10.96 ± 0.04 11.10 ± 0.03 11.09 ± 0.14 10.80 ± 0.02
C18:0 10.04 ± 0.27 10.04 ± 0.09 9.67 ± 0.17 10.12 ± 0.13 5.65 ± 0.11 5.38 ± 0.28 5.65 ± 0.08 5.48 ± 0.05
∑SFA 20.51 ± 0.65 20.56 ± 0.20 20.05 ± 0.26 19.99 ± 0.17 17.71 ± 0.10 17.53 ± 0.27 17.89 ± 0.30 17.30 ± 0.08
C16:1 2.70 ± 0.02 2.69 ± 0.13 2.48 ± 0.32 2.83 ± 0.06 3.46 ± 0.17 3.47 ± 0.34 3.22 ± 0.02 3.43 ± 0.07
C18:1n9 16.99 ± 0.27 17.28 ± 0.04 17.18 ± 0.89 18.04 ± 0.22 19.93 ± 0.23 20.25 ± 0.02 20.62 ± 0.06 20.91 ± 0.37
C18:1n7 3.61 ± 0.16 3.81 ± 0.29 3.60 ± 0.29 3.84 ± 0.06 4.08 ± 0.09 4.19 ± 0.20 4.15 ± 0.05 4.16 ± 0.10
C20:1n9 0.84 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.01 0.79 ± 0.05 0.94 ± 0.05 0.75 ± 0.01 0.74 ± 0.01 0.76 ± 0.05 0.79 ± 0.07
∑MUFA 24.49 ± 0.45 24.95 ± 0.43 24.40 ± 1.60 26.02 ± 0.39 28.75 ± 0.32 29.16 ± 0.57 29.32 ± 0.13 29.82 ± 0.60
C18:2n6 9.49 ± 0.33 10.78 ± 0.81 10.44 ± 0.34 9.69 ± 0.71 7.74 ± 0.53 10.29 ± 1.00 9.48 ± 0.67 8.10 ± 0.26
C18:3n3 0.95 ± 0.03 1.09 ± 0.03 1.09 ± 0.12 1.06 ± 0.01 0.83 ± 0.03b 1.13 ± 0.02a 1.06 ± 0.04a 0.94 ± 0.04ab
C20:2n6 2.52 ± 0.07 2.52 ± 0.12 2.56 ± 0.13 2.69 ± 0.08 1.64 ± 0.01 1.69 ± 0.02 1.73 ± 0.07 1.75 ± 0.03
C20:4n6 7.36 ± 0.16 7.64 ± 0.18 7.20 ± 0.61 8.09 ± 0.17 5.75 ± 0.36 5.76 ± 0.02 5.40 ± 0.25 6.09 ± 0.20
C20:5n3 15.82 ± 0.64 14.72 ± 0.27 14.70 ± 0.22 15.39 ± 0.03 16.82 ± 0.21a 15.43 ± 0.02b 15.52 ± 0.53b 16.10 ± 0.20ab
C22:5n3 0.66 ± 0.03b 0.83 ± 0.05ab 1.02 ± 0.13a 0.89 ± 0.10ab 1.07 ± 0.07 1.14 ± 0.03 1.12 ± 0.02 1.21 ± 0.05
C22:6n3 12.12 ± 0.37 10.92 ± 0.75 11.76 ± 0.13 11.39 ± 0.17 14.25 ± 0.03a 12.58 ± 0.56b 13.21 ± 0.33ab 13.07 ± 0.10ab
∑PUFA 49.42 ± 1.31 48.99 ± 0.56 49.27 ± 0.91 49.73 ± 0.69 48.37 ± 0.39 48.29 ± 0.42 47.80 ± 0.04 47.53 ± 0.70
∑n-3PUFA 30.06 ± 1.08 28.05 ± 1.07 29.07 ± 0.17 29.28 ± 0.27 33.23 ± 0.22a 30.55 ± 0.58b 31.19 ± 0.95ab 31.60 ± 0.27ab
∑n-6PUFA 19.37 ± 0.23 20.93 ± 0.52 20.20 ± 1.07 20.45 ± 0.95 15.14 ± 0.17 17.74 ± 1.00 16.61 ± 0.99 15.93 ± 0.43
n-3/n-6 1.56 ± 0.08 1.35 ± 0.10 1.45 ± 0.06 1.45 ± 0.13 2.21 ± 0.12a 1.74 ± 0.10b 1.89 ± 0.09ab 2.00 ± 0.12ab
∑LC-PUFA 36.47 ± 0.89 34.59 ± 1.21 35.18 ± 0.55 36.30 ± 0.11 38.15 ± 0.17a 35.18 ± 0.59b 35.53 ± 0.67b 36.75 ± 0.52ab
Unknown 4.50 ± 1.32 5.51 ± 0.78 5.31 ± 0.03 4.27 ± 0.13 5.17 ± 0.17 5.03 ± 0.12 5.00 ± 0.22 5.36 ± 0.03

Data are presented as mean ± SE (n = 2). Values within the same row with different letters mean significant difference. Fatty acids contents < 0.5% are not listed in this table. ∑SFA: total saturated fatty acids; ∑MUFA: total monounsaturated fatty acids; ∑PUFA: total polyunsaturated fatty acids; ∑LC-PUFA: total long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.