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. 2020 Dec 9;8:e10430. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10430

Table 3. Lipid content and fatty acid profile (percentage of total fatty acids) of fish fillets.

Fish dietary groups ANOVA p-value Kruskal–Wallis p-value
1 (0%CO) 2 (20%CO) 3 (40%CO) 4 (60%CO)
Lipid content (% wet weight) 5.64 ± 1.74 5.70 ± 1.37 4.72 ± 1.80 4.18 ± 0.98 0.09
C14:0 2.65 ± 1.09 2.86 ± 1.52 1.81 ± 0.78 1.88 ± 0.43 0.12
C15:0 0.38 ± 0.26B 0.39 ± 0.14A 0.29 ± 0.09B 0.35 ± 0.19B <0.001
C16:0 14.66 ± 4.00 13.86 ± 6.43 11.86 ± 5.01 11.92 ± 2.84 0.65
C17:0 0.51 ± 0.13 0.60 ± 0.29 0.55 ± 0.31 0.41 ± 0.15 0.25
C18:0 4.31 ± 0.91 4.06 ± 1.12 3.42 ± 1.43 4.33 ± 0.47 0.63
C20:0 0.45 ± 0.18 0.86 ± 1.34 0.36 ± 0.26 0.78 ± 1.14 0.50
Total saturated 22.97 ± 5.54 22.63 ± 5.15 18.29 ± 4.48 19.67 ± 4.49 0.99
C14:1n−7 0.17 ± 0.14AB 0.24 ± 0.18A 0.05 ± 0.08B 0.14 ± 0.17AB 0.006
C14:1n−5 0.31 ± 0.18 0.44 ± 0.40 0.32 ± 0.33 0.29 ± 0.26 0.82
C15:1n−5 0.14 ± 0.14 0.43 ± 0.41 0.39 ± 0.53 0.18 ± 0.22 0.06
C16:1n−7 4.98 ± 1.47 4.84 ± 1.96 3.50 ± 1.35 3.30 ± 0.85 0.06
C18:1n−5 0.33 ± 0.24 0.41 ± 0.32 0.50 ± 0.52 0.32 ± 0.26 0.78
C18:1n−7 3.19 ± 0.34A 2.81 ± 0.61AC 2.46 ± 0.38BC 2.32 ± 0.19BC <0.001
C18:1n−9 22.89 ± 2.30Aab 19.58 ± 6.72aB 18.41 ± 5.81ABb 20.89 ± 2.40Aab <0.001
C20:1n−9 0.40 ± 0.17 0.33 ± 0.20 0.53 ± 0.54 0.37 ± 0.23 0.57
C20:1n−7 1.64 ± 0.38 1.31 ± 0.63 1.38 ± 0.34 1.55 ± 0.36 0.39
C22:1n−11 1.43 ± 0.67 1.54 ± 1.03 1.24 ± 0.80 0.97 ± 0.32 0.22
C22:1n−9 0.66 ± 0.31 0.62 ± 0.19 0.59 ± 0.42 0.67 ± 0.28 0.87
Total monoenes 36.14 ± 6.68 32.55 ± 5.69 29.37 ± 5.32 31.00 ± 6.08 0.97
C18:2n−6 9.39 ± 1.19Bb 9.21 ± 2.98Bab 11.40 ± 3.63ABa 13.94 ± 1.27Aab <0.001
C18:3n−6 0.00 ± 0.00Bab 0.00 ± 0.00Bab 0.29 ± 0.25ABb 0.70 ± 0.39Aa <0.001
C20:2n−6 0.44 ± 0.22 0.83 ± 1.07 0.43 ± 0.30 0.51 ± 0.20 0.38
C20:3n−6 0.50 ± 0.26 0.81 ± 1.23 0.38 ± 0.30 0.42 ± 0.30 0.53
C20:4n−6 0.95 ± 0.21 0.63 ± 0.31 0.78 ± 0.18 0.69 ± 0.14 0.05
C22:5n−6 0.73 ± 0.46 1.35 ± 1.66 0.39 ± 0.28 0.51 ± 0.47 0.13
Total n-6 PUFA 12.01 ± 3.63 12.83 ± 3.49 13.67 ± 4.47 16.77 ± 5.46 0.63
C16:3n−3 0.21 ± 0.17 0.41 ± 0.32 0.49 ± 0.54 0.26 ± 0.22 0.37
C16:4n−3 0.51 ± 0.12 0.60 ± 0.35 0.59 ± 0.47 0.50 ± 0.31 0.61
C18:3n−3 1.73 ± 0.25B 4.33 ± 1.14BC 8.57 ± 2.86AC 12.16 ± 1.79AC <0.001
C18:4n−3 1.04 ± 0.25 1.06 ± 0.39 1.06 ± 0.22 1.10 ± 0.29 0.99
C20:3n−3 0.25 ± 0.16b 0.39 ± 0.19ab 0.48 ± 0.17ab 0.60 ± 0.33a 0.01
C20:4n−3 1.01 ± 0.73 0.78 ± 0.20 0.73 ± 0.23 0.73 ± 0.21 0.55
C20:5n−3 6.86 ± 1.79a 5.57 ± 1.68a 5.34 ± 1.11ab 4.25 ± 0.97b 0.006
C22:5n−3 2.61 ± 1.06 2.99 ± 1.81 2.44 ± 0.72 1.92 ± 0.42 0.31
C22:6n−3 8.96 ± 3.62 7.09 ± 3.51 7.44 ± 1.46 6.40 ± 1.75 0.33
Total n-3 PUFA 23.18 ± 3.16 23.22 ± 2.54 27.14 ± 3.24 27.92 ± 3.92 0.98
Total PUFA 35.19 ± 3.24 36.05 ± 2.84 40.81 ± 3.64 44.69 ± 4.44 0.98
EPA + DHA 15.82 ± 5.27 12.66 ± 5.15 13.09 ± 2.01 10.91 ± 2.66 0.10
n − 3∕n − 6 ratio 1.93 ± 0.48 1.81 ± 0.48 1.99 ± 0.55 1.66 ± 0.32 0.35

Notes.

Data expressed as means ± SD (n = 9).

Different capital and small letters within row show significant differences among diets at p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively.

Statistical differences were determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s comparison test and by Kruskal–Wallis with Dunn’s test.