Table 6.
Fatty acid content on a dry weight (DW) basis (%) of living Tenebrio molitor larvae for the calibration (n = 80) and validation sets (n = 40).
| Fatty Acid (% of DW) |
Calibration Set | Validation Set | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | |
| Lauric acid (C12:0) |
0.4 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Myristic acid (C14:0) | 3.2 | 13.4 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 3.3 |
| Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 18.8 | 27.6 | 21.8 | 2.5 | 18.5 | 27.8 | 22.0 | 2.7 |
| Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Stearic acid (C18:0) | 2.6 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| Oleic acid (C18:1 ω9) |
27.9 | 44.8 | 37.5 | 4.0 | 28.7 | 45.2 | 37.3 | 4.2 |
| Linoleic acid (C18:2 ω6) | 15.9 | 39.3 | 25.3 | 5.9 | 16.0 | 35.4 | 25.1 | 5.6 |
| α-Linolenic acid (C18:3 ω3) | 0.1 | 13.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 13.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| SFA | 25.8 | 42.0 | 32.4 | 4.8 | 26.2 | 41.6 | 32.2 | 4.6 |
| MUFA | 28.6 | 46.6 | 39.5 | 4.1 | 30.5 | 46.3 | 39.4 | 4.2 |
| PUFA | 16.2 | 41.1 | 28.2 | 6.2 | 16.4 | 40.2 | 28.5 | 6.4 |
SD: standard deviation; SFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; and PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids.