Table 2 Fatty acid compositions of mature T. molitor larvae.

From: Functional Characterization of Two Elongases of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid from Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Fatty acid

weight percent (n = 4)

C12:0

0.25 ± 0.02

C14:0

2.17 ± 0.04

C15:0

0.13 ± 0.00

C16:0

15.63 ± 0.19

C16:1

1.63 ± 0.05

C17:0

0.29 ± 0.01

C17:1

0.12 ± 0.01

C18:0

5.97 ± 0.16

C18:1

30.21 ± 0.36

C18:2

40.53 ± 0.34

C18:3

0.72 ± 0.01

C20:0

0.37 ± 0.01

C20:1

0.19 ± 0.00

C20:2

0.61 ± 0.11

C22:0

0.53 ± 0.01

C22:1

0.11 ± 0.02

C24:0

0.21 ± 0.06

Total SFA

25.55

Total MUFA

32.26

Total PUFA

41.25

  1. Note: The values are shown the percentage of total FAs as means ± SE. n represents the number of independent samples.
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