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

Table 4.

Fatty acid profile (in mg/g dry weight) 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 (mg/g dry weight)	Rotifers					Artemia
Fatty acid (mg/g dry weight)	Control	Inve	AUR	ISO	NAN	Control	Inve	AUR	ISO	NAN
16:0	3.0 ± 0.1^a	10.9 ± 0.6^c	9.9 ± 0.4^c	6.3 ± 0.6^b	9.6 ± 1.5^bc	8.4 ± 2.7^bc	23.1 ± 0.2^e	18.5 ± 2.6^d	9.9 ± 0.5^c	10.0 ± 1.9^c
18:0	1.5 ± 0.0^a	3.1 ± 0.2^c	2.2 ± 0.0^bc	1.9 ± 0.1^b	2.2 ± 0.4^bc	5.8 ± 1.0^d	9.0 ± 0.1^f	7.3 ± 0.6^e	6.7 ± 0.5^e	6.6 ± 0.8^e
Σ SFA	6.3 ± 0.2^a	15.6 ± 1.6^b	16.9 ± 0.7^bc	11.9 ± 0.9^b	15.6 ± 2.5^b	18.7 ± 4.9^bc	42.3 ± 0.4^e	34.0 ± 3.9^d	21.9 ± 1.0^c	20.1 ± 4.8^c
16:1 n7	0.7 ± 0.0^a	4.9 ± 0.1^bcd	4.3 ± 0.3^bc	2.3 ± 0.2^b	7.0 ± 1.5^cde	7.5 ± 2.6^de	18.0 ± 0.7^g	13.2 ± 1.9^f	7.7 ± 0.6^de	8.8 ± 2.1^e
18:1 n9	2.4 ± 0.1^a	11.4 ± 0.1^c	1.6 ± 0.1^a	3.1 ± 0.1^ab	4.5 ± 0.9^b	19.4 ± 3.8^d	44.3 ± 0.2^e	19.0 ± 1.8^d	18.0 ± 0.7^d	18.2 ± 1.8^d
18:1 n7	1.2 ± 0.1^a	1.7 ± 0.1^b	5.6 ± 0.3^c	2.4 ± 0.1^b	3.4 ± 0.7^bc	12.7 ± 2.5^d	23.3 ± 0.0^e	21.2 ± 2.1^e	13.5 ± 0.8^d	13.4 ± 1.3^d
Σ MUFA	6.9 ± 0.1^a	20.0 ± 0.8^c	14.5 ± 0.6^bc	10.8 ± 0.6^b	18.1 ± 3.4^bc	41.5 ± 9.2^d	89.1 ± 0.8^f	55.0 ± 5.7^e	41.1 ± 1.6^d	41.4 ± 6.0^d
18:2 n6	1.6 ± 0.0^a	6.0 ± 0.0^b	1.0 ± 0.1^a	1.9 ± 0.1^a	2.5 ± 0.7^a	8.9 ± 1.8^c	18.0 ± 0.4^d	8.0 ± 0.8^c	7.4 ± 0.5^bc	7.5 ± 1.1^c
20:4 n6	1.7 ± 0.0^a	1.8 ± 0.0^ab	1.3 ± 0.0^a	1.3 ± 0.1^a	3.4 ± 1.0^cd	2.8 ± 0.3^bc	5.4 ± 0.1^e	4.5 ± 0.4^de	2.7 ± 0.1^bc	3.6 ± 0.5^cd
22:5 n6	2.7 ± 0.1^b	2.3 ± 0.2^b	4.7 ± 0.0^a	2.4 ± 0.2^b	1.8 ± 0.5^b	0.3 ± 0.0^c	4.6 ± 0.2^a	4.7 ± 0.2^a	0.3 ± 0.2^c	0.1 ± 0.2^c
Σ n6 PUFA	6.6 ± 0.1^a	10.2 ± 0.4^bcd	7.6 ± 0.1^ab	6.2 ± 0.1^a	8.8 ± 2.4^abc	12.7 ± 2.2^d	29.7 ± 0.5^f	17.8 ± 1.2^e	11.0 ± 0.4^cd	11.5 ± 1.7^d
18:3 n3	0.2 ± 0.0^a	0.7 ± 0.1^a	0.1 ± 0.0^a	1.2 ± 0.1^a	0.1 ± 0.0^a	9.4 ± 2.0^b	12.3 ± 0.3^c	9.3 ± 0.9^b	7.9 ± 0.4^b	7.6 ± 1.7^b
18:4 n3	0.1 ± 0.0^a	0.2 ± 0.2^a	0.1 ± 0.1^a	3.6 ± 0.2^d	0.0 ± 0.0^a	1.5 ± 0.4^b	2.3 ± 0.0^c	1.3 ± 0.1^b	2.7 ± 0.2^c	1.0 ± 0.1^b
20:5 n3	1.8 ± 0.0^a	4.7 ± 0.2^b	0.1 ± 0.0^a	1.5 ± 0.1^a	5.7 ± 2.0^b	10.6 ± 1.3^c	26.2 ± 0.6^e	13.6 ± 1.1^d	9.0 ± 0.2^c	12.0 ± 2.4^d
22:6 n3	7.9 ± 0.3^c	13.6 ± 0.4^e	11.7 ± 0.2^d	6.8 ± 0.7^c	4.5 ± 1.3^b	0.3 ± 0.2^a	28.8 ± 0.1^f	10.7 ± 0.7^d	0.6 ± 0.0^a	0.0 ± 0.0^a
Σ n3 PUFA	12.7 ± 0.3^a	22.1 ± 0.1^c	14.6 ± 0.2^b	18.1 ± 1.0^bc	13.7 ± 3.9^b	22.7 ± 3.6^c	73.6 ± 1.2^e	35.7 ± 2.3^d	20.9 ± 0.8^c	20.9 ± 4.2^c
Σ PUFA	19.5 ± 0.3^a	32.7 ± 0.4^cd	22.4 ± 0.3^b	24.6 ± 1.1^bc	22.7 ± 6.3^b	37.7 ± 6.5^d	106.9 ± 2.2^f	55.7 ± 3.6^e	34.1 ± 1.3^d	34.2 ± 6.2^d
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 absolute (mg/g dw) FA profiles of studied organisms.