Table 1 Fatty acid composition of the three feeds according to GC-MS analysis
| Â | Common name | Feed A | Feed B | Feed C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatty acid | % | SD | % | SD | % | SD | |
14:0 | myristic | 5.45 | 0.01 | 8.33 | 0.00 | 2.55 | 0.02 |
16:0 | palmitic | 14.96 | 0.13 | 19.82 | 0.02 | 12.67 | 0.04 |
16:1 n-7 | palmitoleic | 5.56 | 0.03 | 8.63 | 0.02 | 3.29 | 0.02 |
18:0 | stearic | 3.52 | 0.01 | 3.94 | 0.01 | 2.87 | 0.01 |
18:1 n-9 | n-9 oleic | 16.67 | 0.05 | 12.01 | 0.01 | 17.72 | 0.11 |
18:1 n-11 | n-11 oleic | 2.31 | 0.01 | 3.41 | 0.00 | 1.79 | 0.04 |
18:2 n-6 | linoleic | 19.13 | 0.05 | 4.46 | 0.03 | 34.89 | 0.45 |
18:3 n-3 (linolenic acid) | α-linolenic | 1.01 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 4.39 | 0.01 |
18:4 n-3 | stearidonic | 1.80 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 1.30 | 0.01 |
20:5 n-3 | eicosapentaenoic | 11.61 | 0.02 | 15.78 | 0.00 | 3.56 | 0.02 |
22:5 n-3 | docosapentaenoic | 1.44 | 0.01 | 2.05 | 0.04 | 0.36 | 0.00 |
22:6 n-3 | docosahexaenoic | 7.96 | 0.05 | 7.47 | 0.12 | 4.29 | 0.02 |