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. 2022 Apr 28;10(9):3117–3127. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2911

TABLE 2.

Comparison of the FA composition of the lipid fractions (NL, FFA, and PL) in wild (n = 3) and farmed (n = 3) Atlantic salmon given as percentages of the total peak area

Fatty acid Wild salmon composition (%) Farmed salmon composition (%)
NL FFA PL NL FFA PL
C12:0 0.071 ± 0.001a 0.09 ± 0.01 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
C13:0 (4,8,12‐trimethyl) b 0.09 ± 0.02 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
C14:0 4.28 ± 0.15 3.70 ± 0.31 0.97 ± 0.12 2.05 ± 0.03 2.88 ± 0.06 0.62 ± 0.05
C14:0 (13‐methyl) 0.19 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.02 n.d. 0.05 ± 0.00 n.d. n.d.
C14:0 (12‐methyl) 0.13 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 n.d. 0.03 ± 0.01 n.d. n.d.
C15:0 0.42 ± 0.02 0.34 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.03 0.140 ± 0.003 0.26 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01
C16:0 18.08 ± 1.00 22.96 ± 0.83 22.86 ± 1.82 9.49 ± 0.09 19.14 ± 0.53 20.62 ± 0.89
C17:0 0.57 ± 0.05 0.36 ± 0.05 0.53 ± 0.08 0.21 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.01
C18:0 3.67 ± 0.18 5.43 ± 0.23 4.01 ± 0.40 2.59 ± 0.07 7.55 ± 0.23 1.57 ± 0.06
C20:0 0.10 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 n.d. 0.283 ± 0.004 0.220 ± 0.005 0.08 ± 0.01
C22:0 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.08 ± 0.01 n.d. n.d.
C24:0 n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.07 ± 0.01 n.d. n.d.
∑ SFA 27.62 ± 1.45 33.21 ± 1.49 28.60 ± 2.46 15.00 ± 0.22 30.37 ± 0.85 23.30 ± 1.02
C16:1n‐9c 0.15 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.02 n.d. 0.137 ± 0.004 0.13 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.01
C16:1n‐7c 6.22 ± 0.23 4.43 ± 0.47 1.05 ± 0.16 2.32 ± 0.04 2.06 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.03
C16:1n‐5c 0.27 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.02 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
C17:1n‐7c 0.24 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.02 n.d. 0.098 ± 0.004 n.d. n.d.
C18:1n‐12c 0.86 ± 0.29 0.92 ± 0.14 0.64 ± 0.16 0.17 ± 0.03 n.d. n.d.
C18:1n‐9c 17.76 ± 1.27 11.52 ± 0.47 7.42 ± 1.04 44.65 ± 0.45 28.34 ± 0.42 11.04 ± 0.79
C18:1n‐7c 4.14 ± 0.97 3.44 ± 0.50 1.98 ± 0.40 3.04 ± 0.05 2.68 ± 0.03 1.78 ± 0.08
C18:1n‐5c 0.28 ± 0.03 0.27 ± 0.03 n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
C20:1n‐11c 0.89 ± 0.10 0.48 ± 0.06 0.23 ± 0.03 0.19 ± 0.03 n.d. n.d.
C20:1n‐9c 7.54 ± 0.72 3.85 ± 0.20 1.24 ± 0.20 3.24 ± 0.25 1.67 ± 0.10 0.31 ± 0.03
C20:1n‐7c b 0.26 ± 0.06 0.15 ± 0.03 n.d. 0.11 ± 0.01 n.d. n.d.
C22:1n‐9c 8.07 ± 1.20 3.27 ± 0.20 0.30 ± 0.01 1.26 ± 0.29 0.46 ± 0.08 0.11 ± 0.01
C24:1n‐9c 0.60 ± 0.10 0.29 ± 0.07 n.d. 0.07 ± 0.01 0.26 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.01
∑ MUFA 47.29 ± 4.99 29.27 ± 2.21 12.86 ± 1.99 55.27 ± 1.15 35.60 ± 0.69 14.09 ± 0.97
C16:2n‐4c 0.27 ± 0.05 0.18 ± 0.02 n.d. 0.17 ± 0.01 0.20 ± 0.03 n.d.
C18:2n‐6c (LA) 1.08 ± 0.04 0.77 ± 0.03 0.34 ± 0.03 14.40 ± 0.12 13.88 ± 0.26 2.84 ± 0.16
C18:3n‐6c n.d. n.d. n.d. 0.08 ± 0.01 n.d. n.d.
C18:3n‐3c (ALA) 0.88 ± 0.06 0.67 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02 6.23 ± 0.31 7.13 ± 0.41 2.45 ± 0.18
C18:4n‐3c 1.23 ± 0.18 0.79 ± 0.14 0.21 ± 0.01 0.49 ± 0.04 0.43 ± 0.03 0.13 ± 0.02
C20:2n‐6c 0.24 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.02 n.d. 0.774 ± 0.003 0.61 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.03
C20:3n‐6c 0.06 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.01 n.d. 0.18 ± 0.02 0.15 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02
C20:3n‐3c 0.19 ± 0.02 0.14 ± 0.02 n.d. 0.34 ± 0.01 0.31 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.03
C20:4n‐6c 0.29 ± 0.04 0.55 ± 0.03 0.60 ± 0.08 0.13 ± 0.01 0.16 ± 0.00 0.56 ± 0.03
C20:4n‐3c 1.33 ± 0.15 1.05 ± 0.06 0.44 ± 0.03 0.56 ± 0.05 0.55 ± 0.04 0.49 ± 0.06
C20:5n‐3c (EPA) 6.32 ± 0.23 10.72 ± 0.66 8.15 ± 0.58 2.08 ± 0.06 4.30 ± 0.12 8.90 ± 0.24
C21:5n‐3c 0.38 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.02 0.31 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.02 0.116 ± 0.004 0.15 ± 0.02
C22:5n‐3c 2.67 ± 0.30 2.39 ± 0.31 2.84 ± 0.56 1.05 ± 0.04 0.66 ± 0.05 2.50 ± 0.25
C22:6n‐3c (DHA) 10.08 ± 0.95 19.81 ± 1.70 44.44 ± 1.78 2.61 ± 0.22 3.88 ± 0.24 39.46 ± 0.81
∑ PUFA 25.00 ± 2.19 37.49 ± 3.05 57.53 ± 3.13 29.15 ± 0.92 32.38 ± 1.23 58.16 ± 1.85
∑ n‐3 23.06 ± 2.02 35.79 ± 2.93 56.60 ± 3.02 13.40 ± 0.75 17.37 ± 0.91 54.26 ± 1.61
∑ n‐6 1.67 ± 0.11 1.52 ± 0.09 0.94 ± 0.11 15.57 ± 0.16 14.81 ± 0.29 3.90 ± 0.24

Abbreviation: n.d., not detected.

aValues are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

b

The FA is not confirmed by a standard, only by NIST library search.