. 2020 Nov 3;6(11):e05415. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05415

Table 3.

Fatty acid profile (in % total fatty acids) of the different rotifer and artemia groups before the trial (Control) and as a function of their feed (INVE: Inve/compound; AUR: Aurantiochytrium sp.; ISO: Isochrysis sp.; and NAN: Nannochloropsis sp.).

Fatty acid (% total fatty acids)	Rotifers					Artemia
Fatty acid (% total fatty acids)	Control	Inve	AUR	ISO	NAN	Control	Inve	AUR	ISO	NAN
16:0	9.1 ± 0.4^a	14.8 ± 1.6^cd	16.8 ± 0.9^d	12.8 ± 0.7^c	15.9 ± 1.4^d	8.3 ± 0.9^a	9.5 ± 0.3^a	12.6 ± 0.8^bc	9.8 ± 0.1^a	10.3 ± 0.2^ab
18:0	4.6 ± 0.1^ab	4.1 ± 0.6^ab	3.6 ± 0.4^a	3.9 ± 0.1^a	3.7 ± 0.2^a	5.8 ± 0.2^bc	3.7 ± 0.0^a	5.0 ± 0.1^b	6.6 ± 0.1^c	6.8 ± 0.7^c
Σ SFA	19.0 ± 0.7^a	21.5 ± 2.3^b	28.6 ± 1.6^d	24.0 ± 0.5^bc	25.8 ± 2.2^cd	18.6 ± 1.0^a	17.3 ± 0.3^a	23.1 ± 0.8^bc	21.8 ± 0.3^bc	20.6 ± 1.5^ab
16:1 n7	2.2 ± 0.1^a	6.8 ± 0.4^c	7.7 ± 0.4^cd	4.6 ± 0.3^b	11.5 ± 0.8^e	7.5 ± 1.1^c	7.4 ± 0.5^c	9.0 ± 0.6^d	7.6 ± 0.2^cd	9.0 ± 0.6^d
18:1 n9	7.3 ± 0.3^b	15.4 ± 1.5^d	2.8 ± 0.2^a	6.2 ± 0.2^b	7.4 ± 0.3^b	19.5 ± 0.2^e	18.1 ± 0.5^e	12.9 ± .4^c	17.9 ± 0.4^e	19.0 ± 1.7^e
18:1 n7	3.5 ± 0.3^ab	2.3 ± 0.2^a	9.6 ± 0.4^c	4.8 ± 0.1^b	5.7 ± 0.1^b	12.7 ± 0.1^cd	9.5 ± 0.2^c	14.5 ± 0.4^d	13.5 ± 0.1^d	13.9 ± 1.3^d
Σ MUFA	20.7 ± 0.5^a	27.8 ± 1.5^bc	24.7 ± 1.1^ab	21.8 ± 0.4^a	29.8 ± 1.1^c	41.7 ± 0.7^e	36.5 ± 1.2^d	37.4 ± 0.7^d	40.8 ± 0.8^e	42.9 ± 1.7^e
18:2 n6	4.8 ± 0.2^bc	8.3 ± 0.5^d	1.7 ± 0.1^a	3.9 ± 0.3^b	4.1 ± 0.3^b	9.0 ± 0.1^e	7.4 ± 0.4^d	5.4 ± 0.2^c	7.4 ± 0.1^d	7.7 ± 0.5^d
20:4 n6	5.0 ± 0.1^d	2.5 ± 0.1^ab	2.3 ± 0.1^a	2.5 ± 0.1^ab	5.5 ± 0.4^d	2.8 ± 0.3^b	2.2 ± 0.1^a	3.0 ± 0.1^b	2.6 ± 0.1^ab	3.8 ± 0.4^c
22:5 n6	8.2 ± 0.4^a	3.3 ± 0.1^c	8.3 ± 0.4^a	4.8 ± 0.2^b	3.0 ± 0.3^c	0.3 ± 0.0^e	1.9 ± 0.0^d	3.2 ± 0.1^c	0.3 ± 0.2^e	0.1 ± 0.2^e
Σ n6 PUFA	19.9 ± 0.3^a	14.7 ± 0.1^b	13.4 ± 0.5^bc	12.5 ± 0.6^cd	14.3 ± 1.0^b	12.8 ± 0.5^c	12.1 ± 0.1^cde	12.1 ± 0.2^cde	11.0 ± 0.2^e	12.0 ± 0.4^de
18:3 n3	0.7 ± 0.1^b	1.0 ± 0.0^b	0.1 ± 0.1^a	2.4 ± 0.1^c	0.2 ± 0.0^a	9.4 ± 0.1^g	5.0 ± 0.2^d	6.3 ± 0.2^e	7.9 ± 0.1^f	7.8 ± 0.6^f
18:4 n3	0.2 ± 0.0^a	0.3 ± 0.3^a	0.1 ± 0.1^a	7.3 ± 0.2^d	0.0 ± 0.0^a	1.5 ± 0.0^b	0.9 ± 0.0^b	0.9 ± 0.0^b	2.7 ± 0.1^c	1.2 ± 0.1^b
20:5 n3	5.5 ± 0.0^ab	6.9 ± 0.9^b	1.2 ± 1.6^a	3.0 ± 0.1^a	9.2 ± 1.2^bc	10.7 ± 0.9^cd	10.7 ± 0.5^cd	9.3 ± 0.4^bc	8.9 ± 0.3^bc	12.4 ± 1.4^d
22:6 n3	23.7 ± 1.2^a	20.3 ± 2.5^a	21.3 ± 2.3^a	13.8 ± 0.8^b	7.4 ± 1.0^c	0.3 ± 0.2^d	11.8 ± 0.3^b	7.3 ± 0.4^c	0.6 ± 0.1^d	0.0 ± 0.0^d
Σ n3 PUFA	38.1 ± 1.4^a	33.4 ± 3.7^ab	27.1 ± 3.7^cd	36.5 ± 0.7^a	22.4 ± 2.0^de	22.9 ± 1.1^de	30.1 ± 0.2^bc	24.3 ± 0.7^cde	20.8 ± 0.4^e	21.6 ± 1.7^de
Σ PUFA	58.4 ± 1.7^a	48.6 ± 3.9^b	40.8 ± 4.2^cd	49.7 ± 0.6^b	37.1 ± 3.1^cde	38.1 ± 1.4^cde	43.7 ± 0.1^bc	38.0 ± 0.8^cde	33.9 ± 0.6^e	35.3 ± 1.7^de
Σ n3/Σ n6	1.92 ± 0.04^abc	2.27 ± 0.23^cd	2.03 ± 0.21^bc	2.92 ± 0.15^e	1.57 ± 0.04^a	1.78 ± 0.02^ab	2.48 ± 0.00^d	2.00 ± 0.05^bc	1.89 ± 0.01^abc	1.81 ± 0.14^ab

Values are presented as average ± standard deviation. Different lowercase letters within a row correspond to statistical differences (p < 0.05) between the relative (%) FA profiles of studied organisms.