Table 5 Fatty acids (% of total lipid) from the tail muscle of shrimp*.

From: Freshwater microalgae (Schizochytrium sp.) as a substitute to fish oil for shrimp feed

Fatty acids

Experimental diets

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

C6

0.46 ± 0.03

0.42 ± 0.01

0.51 ± 0.08

0.41 ± 0.00

0.42 ± 0.00

0.47 ± 0.04

0.42 ± 0.00

0.47 ± 0.04

C8

0.53 ± 0.01

0.67 ± 0.11

0.53 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.02

0.54 ± 0.00

0.51 ± 0.02

0.54 ± 0.00

0.51 ± 0.02

C10

0.37 ± 0.01

0.42 ± 0.03

0.39 ± 0.02

0.38 ± 0.02

0.38 ± 0.02

0.37 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.01

0.39 ± 0.02

C11

0.47 ± 0.01

0.41 ± 0.04

0.44 ± 0.04

0.40 ± 0.03

0.45 ± 0.04

0.43 ± 0.03

0.41 ± 0.04

0.48 ± 0.01

C13

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

0.49 ± 0.00

C14

0.19 ± 0.03

0.15 ± 0.02

0.14 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.00

0.16 ± 0.00

0.16 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.00

C15

0.11 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.00

0.11 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.00

0.12 ± 0.00

0.12 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.00

C16

5.94 ± 0.07b

6.04 ± 0.13b

6.38 ± 0.39b

6.48 ± 0.13b

6.70 ± 0.22ab

7.08 ± 0.08a

7.21 ± 0.21a

7.07 ± 0.05a

C17

0.29 ± 0.01

0.31 ± 0.00

0.30 ± 0.01

0.31 ± 0.02

0.31 ± 0.02

0.32 ± 0.01

0.33 ± 0.01

0.31 ± 0.00

C18

3.09 ± 0.02

3.50 ± 0.03

3.39 ± 0.16

3.43 ± 0.13

3.35 ± 0.18

3.39 ± 0.15

3.53 ± 0.16

3.36 ± 0.11

C23

24.86 ± 0.06

24.74 ± 0.03

24.71 ± 0.08

24.60 ± 0.07

24.66 ± 0.04

24.59 ± 0.03

24.81 ± 0.09

24.80 ± 0.12

C24

0.26 ± 0.02a

0.21 ± 0.00b

0.18 ± 0.01bc

0.16 ± 0.01cd

0.13 ± 0.00d

0.13 ± 0.00d

0.14 ± 0.01d

0.14 ± 0.01d

C16:1n-7

0.59 ± 0.07a

0.41 ± 0.02bc

0.38 ± 0.02bc

0.34 ± 0.01c

0.37 ± 0.04bc

0.49 ± 0.01ab

0.46 ± 0.02abc

0.57 ± 0.04a

C18:1n-9

4.70 ± 0.22a

4.17 ± 0.11ab

3.84 ± 0.13bc

3.33 ± 0.08cd

2.98 ± 0.09d

3.05 ± 0.08d

3.32 ± 0.19 cd

2.95 ± 0.15d

C18:2n-6

3.42 ± 0.18b

4.42 ± 0.07a

4.52 ± 0.13a

4.89 ± 0.05a

4.41 ± 0.10a

3.68 ± 0.08b

4.40 ± 0.10a

3.75 ± 0.12b

C18:3n-3

0.27 ± 0.02c

0.32 ± 0.01c

0.31 ± 0.02c

0.62 ± 0.02b

0.75 ± 0.02a

0.83 ± 0.01a

0.33 ± 0.01c

0.28 ± 0.01c

C20:1n-9

0.83 ± 0.03a

0.49 ± 0.02b

0.37 ± 0.02c

0.16 ± 0.01d

0.14 ± 0.01d

0.14 ± 0.01d

0.16 ± 0.01d

0.15 ± 0.01d

C20:2n-6

0.38 ± 0.03bc

0.50 ± 0.02ab

0.51 ± 0.02a

0.48 ± 0.03ab

0.37 ± 0.04bc

0.33 ± 0.02c

0.41 ± 0.03abc

0.33 ± 0.02c

C20:3n-3

0.90 ± 0.03d

1.06 ± 0.02cd

1.20 ± 0.05bc

1.25 ± 0.02bc

1.33 ± 0.02ab

1.50 ± 0.07a

1.47 ± 0.07a

1.51 ± 0.02a

C20:5n-3

4.94 ± 0.04a

4.27 ± 0.10ab

4.26 ± 0.18ab

3.49 ± 0.12bc

3.54 ± 0.24bc

3.42 ± 0.11c

3.64 ± 0.25bc

3.53 ± 0.09bc

C22:6n-3

3.64 ± 0.12e

3.94 ± 0.08de

4.41 ± 0.21cd

4.78 ± 0.08bc

4.72 ± 0.16bc

5.21 ± 0.05ab

5.58 ± 0.19a

5.46 ± 0.15a

Major groups

Σ SFA

37.07 ± 0.33

37.46 ± 0.26

37.55 ± 0.67

37.38 ± 0.17

37.66 ± 0.39

38.06 ± 0.33

38.53 ± 0.32

38.31 ± 0.24

Σ MUFA

6.13 ± 0.32d

5.07 ± 0.14c

4.59 ± 0.15bc

3.83 ± 0.08ab

3.49 ± 0.10a

3.68 ± 0.09a

3.93 ± 0.21ab

3.67 ± 0.18a

Σ n-6 PUFA

3.79 ± 0.20a

4.92 ± 0.05b

5.03 ± 0.15b

5.37 ± 0.06b

4.78 ± 0.13b

4.01 ± 0.10a

4.81 ± 0.13a

4.08 ± 0.10a

Σ n-3 PUFA

9.76 ± 0.10

9.59 ± 0.04

10.18 ± 0.43

10.14 ± 0.20

10.33 ± 0.44

10.97 ± 0.20

11.02 ± 0.49

10.78 ± 0.13

Σ LC-PUFA

9.86 ± 0.10

9.76 ± 0.05

10.39 ± 0.45

10.00 ± 0.23

9.95 ± 0.43

10.47 ± 0.22

11.10 ± 0.52

10.83 ± 0.15

n-3/n-6

2.58 ± 0.11cd

1.95 ± 0.01a

2.02 ± 0.03ab

1.89 ± 0.05a

2.16 ± 0.08ab

2.73 ± 0.02d

2.29 ± 0.04bc

2.64 ± 0.08d

  1. *Values are mean ± SE of three replicates per group. Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly (p < 0.05) different.