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. 2022 Mar 8;12:3711. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07743-x

Table 4.

Fatty acid composition of Cyprinus carpio cultured under five different feeding regimes (mg 100 g−1 of fresh weight).

Fatty acids LM0 LM5 LM10 LM15 LM20 Polynomial contrasts
Linear Quadratic
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
14:0 27.32 ± 0.89a 23.61 ± 0.62b 17.26 ± 0.41c 16.39 ± 0.16c 11.39 ± 1.26d  < 0.001 0.111
15:0 4.45 ± 0.01c 6.10 ± 0.48b 5.48 ± 0.98c 7.34 ± 0.08a 6.39 ± 0.28b  < 0.001 0.031
16:0 383.00 ± 0.01b 434.12 ± 1.74a 354.66 ± 6.64c 364.53 ± 5.15c 320.44 ± 5.60d  < 0.001  < 0.001
18:0 1.90 ± 0.02c 4.69 ± 0.20a 3.31 ± 0.68b 1.38 ± 0.39c 3.15 ± 0.45b 0.289 0.008
24:0 10.53 ± 0.07c 8.49 ± 0.36d 11.03 ± 0.09b 9.79 ± 0.18c 12.89 ± 0.65a  < 0.001  < 0.001
Total SFA 427.21 ± 0.89b 477.01 ± 1.31a 391.74 ± 7.44c 399.44 ± 4.78c 354.26 ± 7.86d  < 0.001  < 0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
16:1n-7 26.44 ± 0.01a 23.46 ± 0.93b 8.21 ± 0.67c 4.68 ± 0.41d 2.29 ± 0.19e  < 0.001  < 0.001
18:1n-9 1014.10 ± 0.40a 959.98 ± 0.70b 795.25 ± 5.50c 745.45 ± 1.29d 608.05 ± 6.44e  < 0.001  < 0.001
24:1 2.52 ± 0.03c 2.55 ± 0.37c 3.23 ± 0.05b 5.26 ± 0.37a 2.78 ± 1.12bc 0.010 0.012
Total MUFA 1043.06 ± 0.42a 985.99 ± 0.13b 806.69 ± 6.19c 755.39 ± 1.32d 613.12 ± 3.13e  < 0.001  < 0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
18:2n-6 (LOA) 1087.98 ± 0.31a 948.68 ± 2.69d 982.46 ± 9.67c 1033.81 ± 8.04b 1099.49 ± 0.08a  < 0.001  < 0.001
20:2n-6 32.73 ± 1.75a 17.43 ± 1.14c 24.44 ± 1.47b 26.23 ± 3.15b 30.66 ± 1.91ab 0.230  < 0.001
20:3n-6 16.25 ± 0.92a 11.28 ± 1.42c 12.42 ± 0.42bc 13.92 ± 0.25b 10.61 ± 0.17c  < 0.001 0.057
20:4n-6 27.41 ± 0.50a 22.39 ± 1.12b 22.80 ± 0.63b 26.65 ± 1.67a 21.51 ± 0.25b 0.002 0.159
22:5n-6 66.97 ± 1.97a 54.07 ± 0.34b 49.53 ± 0.13c 56.78 ± 0.99b 46.22 ± 0.02d  < 0.001  < 0.001
Total n-6 PUFA 1231.34 ± 1.52a 1053.86 ± 8.75e 1091.65 ± 8.85d 1157.40 ± 7.20c 1208.48 ± 2.42b 0.002  < 0.001
18:3n-3 (ALA) 15.22 ± 0.01c 14.92 ± 0.69c 30.05 ± 0.33b 38.35 ± 2.14a 38.32 ± 0.78a  < 0.001 0.021
20:4n-3 128.04 ± 1.36d 166.65 ± 0.40a 150.88 ± 4.39c 161.30 ± 0.74ab 156.96 ± 2.57bc  < 0.001  < 0.001
20:5n-3 (EPA) 3.95 ± 0.02c 5.01 ± 0.34b 5.96 ± 0.05a 6.00 ± 0.40a 5.28 ± 0.12b  < 0.001  < 0.001
22:5n-3 5.39 ± 0.01d 9.09 ± 0.35c 11.54 ± 0.14a 11.10 ± 0.01ab 10.42 ± 0.09b  < 0.001  < 0.001
22:6n-3 (DHA) 53.60 ± 5.01e 81.01 ± 1.77d 86.01 ± 0.52c 91.03 ± 1.61b 107.50 ± 1.68a  < 0.001 0.003
Total n-3 PUFA 206.20 ± 6.54d 276.68 ± 2.81c 284.44 ± 6.02c 307.78 ± 1.67b 318.48 ± 5.21a  < 0.001  < 0.001
EPA + DHA 57.55 ± 5.01e 86.02 ± 2.11d 91.97 ± 0.58c 97.04 ± 1.21b 112.79 ± 1.57a  < 0.001 0.001
n-6/n-3 5.97 ± 0.03a 3.80 ± 0.01b 3.84 ± 0.03b 3.76 ± 0.02b 3.79 ± 0.00b  < 0.001  < 0.001

Values (means ± SE, n = 3) in each row with different superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05). The polynomial orthogonal contrast was considered significant at p < 0.05 level.

LM0 = Control, soybean; LM5 = 5% L. minor; LM10 = 10% L. minor; LM15 = 15% L. minor; LM20 = 20% L. minor.