Table 6. Fatty acid composition of mud crab larvae

Treatment (mg/L) Linoleic acid (mg/g) Linolenic acid (mg/g) EPA content (mg/g) DHA content (mg/g)
0 0.71 ± 0.01c 3.50 ± 0.02c 2.37 ± 0.01c 1.17 ± 0.01a
50 0.73 ± 0.01b 3.55 ± 0.02c 2.33 ± 0.02c 1.21 ± 0.02a
100 1.18 ± 0.01a 5.88 ± 0.01a 3.25 ± 0.00a 1.02 ± 0.58a
150 0.75 ± 0.01b 3.73 ± 0.05b 2.57 ± 0.04b 0.79 ± 0.00a
Values are presented as mean ± SD. Notation of different alphabet in the same column shows that the comparison between treatments are significantly different (p < 0.05).