Table 2.
Analyzed fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acid methyl esters) of oils and experimental diets.
| Fatty acid | Oils |
Experimental diets1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn oil | Coconut oil | BSFL oil | Corn oil | Coconut oil | BSFL oil | |
| Lauric acid (C12:0) | 0.06 | 53.98 | 37.55 | 0.10 | 30.43 | 21.43 |
| Myristic acid (C14:0) | 0.07 | 20.97 | 6.73 | 0.13 | 12.17 | 3.94 |
| Palmitic acids (C16:0) | 11.80 | 10.86 | 15.60 | 13.87 | 12.15 | 14.77 |
| Stearic acid (C18:0) | 2.26 | 3.60 | 3.90 | 2.66 | 3.32 | 3.33 |
| Heneicosylic acid (C21:0) | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Palmitoleic acid (C16:1 ω7) | 0.12 | 0.06 | 2.53 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 1.57 |
| Elaidic acid (C18:1 ω9) | 8.92 | 1.32 | 3.48 | 7.15 | 3.27 | 3.77 |
| Oleic acid (C18:1 ω9) | 22.84 | 5.82 | 14.40 | 37.00 | 12.00 | 17.56 |
| Gondoic acid (C20:1 ω9) | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.31 |
| Linoleic acid (C18:2 ω6) | 51.50 | 1.76 | 12.72 | 36.29 | 24.10 | 30.25 |
| Linolenic acid (C18:3 ω3) | 0.90 | 0.04 | 1.51 | 1.17 | 1.13 | 2.00 |
| Arachidonic acid (C20:4 ω6) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Eicosadienoic acid (C20:2 ω6) | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Other fatty acids | 0.94 | 1.31 | 1.09 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.96 |
| Saturated fatty acids | 15.15 | 90.76 | 65.01 | 17.99 | 59.23 | 44.44 |
| Monounsaturated fatty acids | 32.33 | 7.25 | 20.62 | 44.39 | 15.45 | 23.22 |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids | 52.52 | 1.99 | 14.37 | 37.62 | 25.32 | 32.34 |
Abbreviation: BSFL, black soldier fly larvae.
1
Experimental diets were produced by adding oils (i.e., corn oil, coconut oil, and black soldier fly larvae oil) into a base diet to reach 50 g/kg of diet.