Table 3
Fatty acid composition (g 100 g−1 FAME)with respect tomajor fatty acids (N1% total fatty
acids) of experimental diets.
Fatty acid
Diet
FM100 FM80 FM60 FM20
14:0 6.2 ± 0.0 6.9 ± 0.0 5.9 ± 0.0 5.3 ± 0.0
16:0 17.4 ± 0.0 41.0 ± 0.0 51.2 ± 0.1 57.8 ± 0.0
18:0 3.6 ± 0.0 3.3 ± 0.0 2.9 ± 0.0 2.4 ± 0.0
16:1 7.8 ± 0.0 5.4 ± 0.0 2.4 ± 0.0 0.8 ± 0.0
18:1n−7 3.1 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0
18:1n−9 21.4 ± 0.0 3.9 ± 0.0 2.4 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.0
20:1n−9 1.1 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0
18:2n−6 LA 6.7 ± 0.0 2.0 ± 0.0 2.3 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.0
20:4n−6 1.2 ± 0.0 1.3 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.0
18:3n−3 ALA 3.2 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0
18:4n−3 1.5 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0
20:4n−3 0.8 ± 0.0 0.8 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.0
20:5n−3 EPA 10.1 ± 0.0 7.3 ± 0.0 3.6 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.0
22:5n−3 1.6 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0
22:6n−3 DHA 10.2 ± 0.0 20.1 ± 0.1 23.4 ± 0.0 25.6 ± 0.0
SFAa 28.0 ± 0.0 51.9 ± 0.0 60.7 ± 0.0 66.2 ± 0.0
MUFAb 33.9 ± 0.0 11.7 ± 0.0 6.1 ± 0.0 2.9 ± 0.0
PUFAc 38.1 ± 0.0 36.3 ± 0.1 33.2 ± 0.1 30.9 ± 0.0
MC-PUFAd 12.0 ± 0.0 4.1 ± 0.0 3.2 ± 0.0 1.9 ± 0.0
LC-PUFAe 24.0 ± 0.0 30.7 ± 0.1 29.3 ± 0.1 28.8 ± 0.0
DHA:EPA 1.0 ± 0.0 2.8 ± 0.0 6.5 ± 0.0 18.6 ± 0.0
n−3f 27.4 ± 0.0 31.0 ± 0.1 28.9 ± 0.1 28.1 ± 0.0
n−6g 8.3 ± 0.0 3.6 ± 0.0 3.5 ± 0.0 2.6 ± 0.0
n−3:n−6 3.3 ± 0.0 8.6 ± 0.0 8.2 ± 0.0 10.6 ± 0.1
Values representmeans±standard error of triplicate samples, rounded to the nearest 0.1 g.
a Saturated fatty acids — sumof all fatty acidswithout double bonds; includes 17:0 and
20:0 in addition to individually reported SFA.
b Monounsaturated fatty acids — sum of all fatty acids with a single double bond;
includes 24:1n−9 in addition to individually reported MUFA.
c Polyunsaturated fatty acids — sum of all fatty acids with ≥2 double bonds; includes
16:2n:4, 16:3n−4, 18:3n−4, 18:3n−6 and 20:3n−6 in addition to individually
reported PUFA.
d Medium-chain PUFA — sum of all PUFA with chain lengths of 18 carbons; includes
18:3n−6 in addition to individually reported MC-PUFA.
e Long-chain PUFA — sum of all fatty acids with chain length ≥20 carbon atoms and ≥3
double bonds; includes 20:3n−6 in addition to individually reported LC-PUFA.
f Sum of all n−3 fatty acids.
g Sum of all n−6 fatty acids; includes 18:3n−6 and 20:3n−6 in addition to individually
reported n−6 fatty acids.