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.