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Table 7 Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) of the experiment diets and crab hepatopancreas

From: Effects of the complete replacement of fish oil with linseed oil on growth, fatty acid composition, and protein expression in the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

Fatty Acids

Experiment diets

Hepatopancreas

FO

LO

FO

LO

C14:0

4.91

1.63

3.76 ± 0.16b

2.19 ± 0.04a

C15:0

0.91

0.33

0.99 ± 0.63b

0.63 ± 0.02a

C16:0

16.93

11.88

17.11 ± 0.80b

15.27 ± 0.45a

C18:0

5.16

5.68

3.80 ± 0.05a

4.37 ± 0.13b

C20:0

0.65

0.21

0.28 ± 0.03

0.37 ± 0.17

SFA

28.95

20.39

25.94 ± 0.93b

22.84 ± 0.42a

C14:1n-5

0.18

0.12

0.82 ± 0.03b

0.41 ± 0.02a

C16:1

4.74

0.47

9.62 ± 0.40b

6.93 ± 0.03a

C18:1n-9

13.46

17.36

24.21 ± 0.73a

25.95 ± 0.60b

C18:1n-7

2.63

1.30

3.67 ± 0.01b

3.16 ± 0.13a

C20:1n-9

2.65

0.31

1.88 ± 0.10b

0.74 ± 0.07a

C22:1n-9

3.62

0.22

1.26 ± 0.28

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MUFA

27.29

19.80

41.46 ± 0.73b

37.19 ± 0.39a

C18:2n-6

11.97

17.96

10.19 ± 0.12a

15.13 ± 0.24b

C18:3n-3

2.63

32.29

1.76 ± 0.04a

15.95 ± 0.28b

C20:2n-6

0.19

0.12

0.67 ± 0.03a

0.77 ± 0.03b

C20:4n-6

0.72

0.12

0.73 ± 0.05

0.60 ± 0.40

C20:5n-3

7.10

0.00

3.97 ± 0.16b

0.75 ± 0.04a

C22:6n-3

10.50

0.13

6.02 ± 0.53b

1.00 ± 0.06a

PUFA

34.30

52.48

23.35 ± 0.70a

34.19 ± 0.09b

HUFA

19.18

1.08

11.40 ± 0.71b

3.12 ± 0.50a

n-3PUFA

20.98

32.83

11.76 ± 0.66a

17.69 ± 0.20b

n-6PUFA

13.32

19.65

11.59 ± 0.08a

16.49 ± 0.20b

  1. a, bValues within a row having different superscript letters means a significant difference at P < 0.05