Skip to main content
. 2020 Jan 31;10(2):229. doi: 10.3390/ani10020229

Table 3.

Fatty acid composition (mg/100 g DM) of the experimental diets.

Item TM0 TM25 TM50 TM100
C10:0 71.17 88.22 85.80 126.97
C14:0 303.11 296.23 299.63 309.09
C16:0 2418.11 2479.54 2517.68 2685.00
C16:1 c9 288.62 287.85 282.39 262.44
C18:0 651.44 674.13 674.11 734.35
C18:1 c9 6307.94 6654.64 6717.97 7095.02
C18:1 c11 448.42 465.82 457.72 434.23
C18:2 n6 5650.96 6007.19 6153.86 6517.83
C18:3 n3 1021.00 1058.46 1041.25 1049.31
C20:0 94.35 87.46 81.51 86.24
C20:1 c11 259.29 261.22 217.80 179.48
C20:2 n6 53.55 47.33 50.62 48.32
C20:3 n6 79.29 72.43 75.73 70.41
C20:5 n3 375.85 411.60 348.32 315.80
C22:0 48.13 51.95 52.19 54.66
C22:1 n9 95.98 84.80 56.26 12.00
C22:6 n3 102.36 139.92 159.95 101.11
Other FA 1 326.12 330.95 318.66 265.68
Σ SFA 3719.26 3812.03 3844.38 4112.18
Σ BCFA 2 62.23 63.04 62.74 63.55
Σ MUFA 7477.13 7831.43 7812.49 8052.37
Σ PUFA 7420.41 7877.44 7956.88 8204.94
Σ PUFA/Σ SFA 2.00 2.07 2.07 2.00
Σ n3 FA 1579.06 1688.61 1627.05 1525.86
Σ n6 FA 5841.34 6188.84 6329.83 6679.08
Σ n3/Σ n6 FA 0.27 0.27 0.26 0.23
TFA 18,616.80 19,520.90 19,613.74 20,369.49

Abbreviations: DM, dry matter; TM, Tenebrio molitor larva meal; c, cis; t, trans; FA, fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids; BCFA, branchedchain fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; TFA, total fatty acids. 1 All less than 50 mg/100 g DM for each treatment: C12:0 + C15 iso + C15 aiso + C14:1 c9 + C15:0 + C16 iso + C17:0 + C17 iso + C17 aiso + C17:1 c9 + C18:1 t + C18:1 c12 + C18:1 c14 + C18:1 t16 + C18:3 n6 + C18:4 n3 + C20:1 c9 + C20:4 n6 + C22:5 n3. 2 C15 iso + C15 aiso + C16 iso + C17 iso + C17 aiso. All values are reported as mean of duplicate analyses.