Table 8. Muscle fatty acid composition (%, fatty acid) of red seabream (Pagrus major) fed the three experimental diets for 8 weeks

CON MX20 MX40
14:0 1.22 ± 0.35 1.34 ± 0.16 0.93 ± 0.29
15:0 0.27 ± 0.03 0.21 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.13
16:0 17.2 ± 0.35b 18.2 ± 0.54a 18.4 ± 0.47a
16:1 2.25 ± 0.53 2.80 ± 0.43 2.15 ± 0.27
17:0 0.31 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.00 0.20 ± 0.19
18:0 7.57 ± 0.45 7.44 ± 0.16 7.81 ± 0.23
18:1 n-9 24.3 ± 3.22 27.6 ± 2.41 23.5 ± 3.45
18:2 n-6 24.9 ± 1.04 22.5 ± 0.32 19.2 ± 5.06
20:0 0.17 ± 0.15 0.22 ± 0.00 0.05 ± 0.10
18:3 n-6 0.27 ± 0.12 0.21 ± 0.09 0.10 ± 0.17
20:1 0.93 ± 0.09 1.05 ± 0.11 1.10 ± 0.23
18:3 n-3 2.08 ± 0.48 2.15 ± 0.24 1.48 ± 0.45
20:2 0.36 ± 0.05 0.28 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.14
22:0 0.12 ± 0.10 0.13 ± 0.01 ND
20:3 n-6 0.39 ± 0.06a 0.29 ± 0.01b 0.31 ± 0.02b
22:1 n-9 0.28 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.05
20:3 n-3 0.07 ± 0.07 ND ND
23:0 0.96 ± 0.33 0.91 ± 0.26 1.33 ± 0.33
20:5 n-3 3.24 ± 0.76 3.11 ± 0.47 4.68 ± 1.71
24:1 0.71 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.12 0.87 ± 0.13
22:6 n-3 12.0 ± 4.40 10.0 ± 2.60 16.7 ± 6.07
∑SFA 27.9 ± 0.56 28.8 ± 0.37 29.0 ± 1.13
∑MUFA 28.5 ± 3.80 32.4 ± 2.70 27.9 ± 3.42
∑n3FA 17.4 ± 4.62 15.3 ± 2.83 22.9 ± 7.33
∑n6FA 25.6 ± 0.91 23.0 ± 0.26 19.6 ± 5.04
∑HUFA 15.7 ± 5.14 13.4 ± 3.09 21.7 ± 7.78
∑n3/∑n6 0.68 ± 0.20 0.66 ± 0.11 1.28 ± 0.69
Values are the mean of triplicate groups and are presented as mean ± SE.
Values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05). The lack of superscript letters indicates no significant differences among treatments.
CON, considered as control; ND, not detected.