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Table 2 Fatty acid composition (percentage of total fatty acids) of the oils and experimental diets

From: Effect of dietary flaxseed oil level on the growth performance and fatty acid composition of fingerlings of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Fatty acid

Fish Oil

Flaxseed Oil

FOD

FxOD

FFxOD

14:0

0.06

-

0.07

0.04

0.05

15:0

0.32

-

0.23

0.09

0.17

16:0

20.73

6.79

22.71

16.48

19.80

17:0

0.72

0.11

0.72

0.51

0.67

18:0

4.16

4.48

5.85

6.04

6.20

19:0

2.89

1.23

2.94

2.31

2.53

21:0

0.18

-

0.25

0.24

0.29

22:0

0.24

0.04

0.20

0.13

0.15

23:0

0.21

0.57

0.22

0.30

0.33

24:0

0.18

-

0.14

0.08

0.11

SFAs

29.68

13.22

33.32

26.22

30.29

14:1

3.77

0.26

3.11

1.37

2.26

15:1

0.80

0.07

0.71

0.38

0.56

16:1n-7

5.24

0.34

4.92

2.59

3.86

17:1

0.71

0.06

0.65

0.27

0.41

18:1n-9

33.57

34.19

38.79

41.75

40.50

24:1n-9

0.44

-

0.41

0.14

0.26

MUFAs

44.52

34.92

48.59

46.50

47.85

18:2n-6

0.37

0.38

0.42

0.39

0.61

18:3n-6

0.05

-

0.04

0.05

0.05

20:2n-6

2.48

0.13

1.21

0.24

0.68

20:3n-6

0.18

-

0.20

0.25

0.21

20:4n-6

0.02

-

0.06

0.03

0.05

22:2n-6

0.72

-

0.65

0.37

0.52

22:5n-6

0.36

-

0.30

0.18

0.21

PUFAs n-6

4.18

0.50

2.88

1.51

2.32

18:3n-3

2.07

51.36

4.58

21.93

12.64

18:4n-3

0.32

-

0.60

0.71

0.84

20:3n-3

0.05

-

0.61

0.05

0.05

20:5n-3

5.90

-

2.95

0.73

1.69

22:5n-3

0.48

-

0.36

0.22

0.28

22:6n-3

12.82

-

6.65

2.16

4.05

PUFAs n-3

21.62

51.36

15.75

25.80

19.55

HUFAs n-3

18.72

-

9.60

2.89

5.74

  1. - not detected.
  2. See Table 1 for diet abbreviations.