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. 2020 Nov 12;15(11):e0242079. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242079

Table 6. Fatty acids (mg/100g on dry matter basis) of barramundi muscle when fed control and PBM based diet over a period of 42 days.

Fatty acid Experimental diets Unpaired t-test
Control 100PBM t-value P-value
C12:0 1.02±0.09a 291.96±1.27b -228.29 0.00
C14:0 67.46±0.77a 213.36±0.48b -158.64 0.00
C16:0 713.65±10.19a 1253.24±68.93b -7.75 0.00
∑SFA1 1153.45±15.15 2320.11±65.41 -17.38 0.00
C16:1n7 130.78±1.90a 286.88±2.21b -53.82 0.00
C20:1 36.62±0.38a 111.68±2.97b -25.07 0.00
C14:1n5 0.97±0.03a 6.30±0.06b -84.46 0.00
C18:1cis+trans 859.76±5.73a 2961.30±69.99b -29.93 0.00
∑MUFA2 1066.66±8.25a 3412.55±74.01b -31.50 0.00
C18:3n3 55.12±0.38a 213.57±3.10b -50.94 0.00
C20:5n3 (EPA) 109.31±1.78 113.69±1.31 -1.97 0.12
C22:5n3 71.50±0.95a 78.82±0.44b -7.14 0.00
C22:6n3 (DHA) 683.13±12.43a 370.84±1.99b 24.82 0.00
∑n-3 PUFA3 940.67±15.93a 821.03±11.05b 5.24 0.01
C20:3n6 25.68±0.57a 49.16±2.84b -8.07 0.00
C20:4n6 92.29±1.90a 114.06±3.54b -5.43 0.01
C18:3n6 17.51±1.42a 51.44±6.52b -5.08 0.01
C22:4n6 62.67±1.07a 23.06±0.26b 36.20 0.00
∑n-6 PUFA 198.15±3.86a 237.72±12.61b -9.15 0.00
∑n-3/∑n-6 4.75±0.04a 3.47±0.18b 6.78 0.00
∑PUFA4 1485.98±24.56 1311.18±9.36 2.86 0.05
∑n-3 LC-PUFA3 868.55±15.25 569.45±2.78 19.29 0.00

Results are expressed as mean ± SE (standard error) (n = 3).

1Contains 10:0, 13:0, 15:0, 17:0, 18:0, 20:0, 21:0, 22:0 and 23:0.

2Contains C15:1, C17:1, C22:1n9 and C24:1.

3Contains C18:4n3, C20:3n3.

4Contains C18:2 trans, C18:2 cis, C20:2, C22:2.

Poultry by-product meal, PBM; saturated fatty acids, SFA; monounsaturated fatty acids, MUFA; polyunsaturated fatty acids, PUFA and LC-PUFA, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (sum of 20:3n-3, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3).

Different superscripts letter indicate significant difference at P < 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, followed by an unpaired student t-test.