Table 5.
Fatty acid composition (%) of fresh roe and bottarga of M. cephalus and L. ramada collected from Sardinia lagoon.
| Fatty Acid | Liza ramada | Mugil cephalus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh | Bottarga | Fresh | Bottarga | |
| anteiso C14 | 0.03 a* | 0.04 a | 0.03 a | 0.03 a |
| C14:0 | 3.55 b | 1.99 a | 2.73 b | 1.60 a |
| anteiso C15:0 | 0.18 b | 0.08 a | 0.14 b | 0.09 a |
| C15:0 + isomer | 2.04 c | 1.37 a | 1.64 b | 1.50 b |
| anteiso C16 | 1.28 b | 1.93 c | 1.83 c | 0.04 a |
| C16:0 | 12.60 b | 12.84 b | 9.60 a | 9.16 a |
| C17:0 | 0.42 b | 0.74 c | 0.25 a | 0.57 b |
| C18:0 | 1.76 b | 1.70 b | 1.01 a | 1.46 b |
| anteiso C19 | 0.05 | 0.04 a | 0.06 a | 0.05 |
| C20:0 | 0.09 a | 0.14 b | ||
| C14:1 + isomer | 0.11 a | 0.03 a | 0.38 b | 0.08 a |
| C15:1 + isomer | 0.72 b | 0.33 a | 0.77 b | 0.51 a |
| C16:1 + isomer | 30.45 b | 27.18 a | 30.09 b | 24.85 a |
| C16:2 | 0.32 a | 0.42 a | 0.40 a | |
| C16:1 n9 7 methyl | 0.15 a | 0.22 b | 0.12 a | 0.13 a |
| C17:1 | 1.68 a | 2.81 b | 1.57 a | 3.00 b |
| C18:1c | 16.32 b | 12.74 a | 16.06 b | 13.01 a |
| C18:1 Δ11 | 5.30 a | 10.33 b | 5.29 a | 11.42 b |
| C20:1 | 0.13 a | 0.13 a | 0.56 b | |
| C20:1n7 | 0.13 a | 0.32 b | 0.22 b | 0.10 a |
| C20:1n4 | 0.23 b | 0.17 a | 0.26 b | |
| C17:2 | 1.36 b | 0.80 a | 1.18 b | 2.68 c |
| C18:2 | 0.55 a | 2.65 c | 1.75 b | |
| C18:2n6t | 0.17 a | 0.42 b | 1.44 c | 1.76 c |
| C18:2 n6c | 1.17 c | 0.75 b | 0.20 a | 1.34 c |
| C18:2 | 0.66 b | 0.52 b | 1.27 c | 0.17 a |
| C18:3 | 0.22 a | 0.32 a | 0.70 b | 0.26 a |
| γ C18:3n6 | 0.34 a | 0.47 ab | 0.20 a | 0.53 b |
| αC18:3 | 1.16 c | 0.81 bc | 0.43 a | 0.55 b |
| unknow | 1.98 b | 1.74 a | 2.03 b | |
| C18:4n3 | 1.20 b | 0.60 a | 3.94 c | 4.28 c |
| CLA C18:2 | 1.21 b | 0.69 a | 1.11 b | 1.61 b |
| CLA C18:2 | 0.80 a | 2.59 c | 1.71 b | 2.57 c |
| C20:2 + isomer | 0.17 a | 0.23 b | 1.56 b | 0.15 a |
| C20:3 | 0.21 a | 2.36 b | 0.14 a | 0.25 a |
| C20:4 | 0.44 a | 1.06 b | 0.45 a | 1.35 b |
| C20:3n3 (11-14-17) | 0.07 a | 0.10 a | 0.08 a | 0.13 a |
| C20:4n3 | 0.74 a | 2.77 b | 0.90 a | 0.95 a |
| C20:5 EPA | 3.00 b | 1.41 a | 3.71 b | 2.19 ab |
| C20:3n9 | 0.11 a | 0.07 a | ||
| C21:4 | 0.36 b | 0.17 a | 0.42 b | 0.12 a |
| C21:5n3 | 0.36 b | 0.15 a | 0.23 a | 0.31 ab |
| C22:5 | 1.83 a | 2.12 b | 1.92 ab | |
| C22:6 DHA | 4.37 b | 2.00 a | 3.50 b | |
* In each raw grouping, means followed by a common letter are not significantly different by Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD) procedure, p ≤ 0.05.