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. 2020 Apr 7;124(4):418–431. doi: 10.1017/S0007114520001282

Table 9.

Relative fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) of TAG, mono- and diacylglycerols (MAG), phospholipids (PL) and NEFA of skeletal muscle of Atlantic salmon fed a low fishmeal diet (FM group), or the same diet with fishmeal partly substituted by krill meal (KM group)

(Mean values with their standard errors)

TAG MAG PL NEFA
FM KM FM KM FM KM FM KM
Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se
Total 93·8 0·3 93·5 0·6 1·3 0·4 1·3 0·2 2·8 0·2 2·7 0·3 2·1 0·2 2·5 0·2
14 : 0 2·4 0·01 2·5** 0·01 1·6 0·08 1·5 0·15 1·0 0·28 1·2 0·09 3·1 0·15 2·8 0·11
16 : 0 9·5 0·03 9·7** 0·04 6·0 0·29 6·0 0·62 14·8 0·56 16·1 1·08 16·1 0·95 13·7* 0·39
18 : 0 2·4 0·01 2·5 0·03 2·3 0·60 3·1 0·83 2·7 0·22 2·9 0·22 2·7 0·14 2·3 0·10
20 : 0 0·4 0·00 0·4 0·00 1·2 0·55 1·16 0·37 0·14 0·01 0·05* 0·02 0·3 0·08 0·2 0·01
18 : 3 n-3 5·0 0·03 4·9 0·11 4·9 0·61 5·6 0·55 3·8 0·01 3·9 0·28 4·6 0·62 6·3 0·38
20 : 5n-3 1·8 0·02 1·9 0·01 3·0 0·29 3·5 0·38 7·2 0·18 7·4 0·49 3·2 0·42 4·7* 0·32
22 : 5n-3 0·8 0·00 0·8 0·01 1·3 0·21 1·3 0·10 2·6 0·06 2·3 0·15 0·8 0·12 1·0 0·02
22 : 6n-3 2·8 0·01 2·6*** 0·02 5·1 1·17 5·3 1·28 24·5 0·62 22·2 1·56 2·6 0·52 3·8 0·38
18 : 2n-6 13·4 0·07 13·6* 0·05 11·3 2·31 11·2 2·16 7·2 0·07 6·8 0·34 12·4 1·23 15·3 0·60
20 : 2n-6 1·1 0·02 1·1 0·01 0·6 0·13 0·5 0·16 0·7 0·01 0·7 0·07 0·8 0·09 1·1* 0·03
20 : 4n-6 0·29 0·00 0·29 0·00 0·58 0·46 1·12 0·49 0·58 0·13 0·66 0·13 0·28 0·04 0·32 0·01
18 : 1n-7 1·2 0·06 1·3 0·08 2·0 0·18 2·0 0·23 1·8 0·04 1·8 0·06 2·0 0·26 3·0** 0·06
22 : 1n-7 0·7 0·01 0·7 0·01 0·7 0·26 0·8 0·12 0·9 0·14 0·4 0·18 0·9 0·10 1·1 0·02
16 : 1n-9 2·1 0·01 2·1 0·03 2·3 0·35 2·2 0·38 1·1 0·06 1·1 0·07 2·0 0·39 1·9 0·24
18 : 1n-9 41·9 0·02 42·8*** 0·1 31·4 3·53 29·0 4·04 17·5 0·24 16·1 0·71 24·8 1·6 27·9 0·7
20 : 1n-9 4·6 0·04 4·2*** 0·02 2·0 0·55 2·1 0·32 1·3 0·04 1·1 0·08 2·3 0·23 2·6 0·08
24 : 1n-9 0·5 0·00 0·4*** 0·00 0·3 0·12 0·2 0·09 1·0 0·06 1·1 0·09 0·5 0·01 0·5 0·02
18 : 1n-11 0·2 0·03 0·2 0·02 0·5 0·24 0·5 0·17 0·9 0·20 1·5 0·20 3·0 1·82 0·9 0·36
20 : 1n-11 0·7 0·01 0·6 0·03 0·9 0·40 1·3 0·14 0·6 0·00 0·6 0·02 0·9 0·11 1·00 0·05
22 : 1n-11 4·1 0·03 3·2*** 0·02 1·6 0·25 1·7 0·24 0·8 0·07 0·9 0·14 2·4 0·15 2·0* 0·03
EPA + DHA 4·6 0·03 4·5* 0·03 8·06 1·45 8·7 1·64 31·6 0·74 28·8 2·19 5·84 0·93 8·5 0·70
Sum n-3 11·2 0·07 10·8* 0·13 15·2 2·26 16·2 2·07 38·4 0·73 35·6 2·27 12·3 1·79 16·4 1·18
Sum n-6 15·2 0·08 15·5* 0·05 13·0 2·04 13·5 1·95 9·5 0·37 9·2 0·18 13·8 1·30 17·4* 0·66
Sum n-0 15·2 0·05 15·5** 0·07 12·3 1·93 12·9 2·09 19·8 0·93 21·3 1·43 22·9 1·30 19·6 0·59

* P = 0·05, ** P = 0·01, *** P < 0·001.