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Table 6 Fatty acid profile of Catla catla fed with C. sinensis-supplemented diets

From: Effect of dietary Citrus sinensis peel extract on growth performance, digestive enzyme activity, muscle biochemical composition, and metabolic enzyme status of the freshwater fish, Catla catla

Fatty acids (%/2 μL methylated fatty acid)

Dietary supplementary of C. sinensis g kg−1

Control

2.00 (diet 1)

6.00 (diet 2)

10 (diet 3)

Saturated

Myristic acid

3.29 ± 0.99a

3.43 ± 0.89a

3.45 ± 1.21a

3.33 ± 0.87a

Palmitic acid

4.89 ± 1.30a

5.67 ± 5.07a

5.77 ± 2.44a

5.12 ± 0.67a

Stearic acid

2.37 ± 0.57a

2.87 ± 1.14

3.06 ± 0.80a

2.40 ± 1.31a

Margaric acid

2.08 ± 0.74a

2.21 ± 0.45a

2.28 ± 0.29a

2.14 ± 0.42a

Unsaturated

Paullinic acid

3.53 ± 1.36a

3.70 ± 0.94a

3.98 ± 0.72a

3.63 ± 0.88a

Fumaric acid

2.66 ± 0.47a

3.03 ± 1.39a

3.34 ± 0.37a

2.71 ± 0.12a

Monounsaturated

Palmitoleic acid

1.64 ± 0.09a

1.86 ± 0.73a

2.32 ± 0.70a

1.73 ± 0.74a

Oleic acid

4.70 ± 2.02a

6.05 ± 3.42a

6.71 ± 0.58a

5.36 ± 2.81a

Polyunsaturated

Linoleic acid

4.32 ± 1.76a

4.50 ± 1.20a

5.19 ± 0.44a

4.39 ± 0.89a

Arachidonic acid

2.93 ± 0.70a

3.07 ± 0.69a

3.37 ± 1.07a

2.99 ± 0.73a

Eicosatetraenoic acid

2.05 ± 0.47a

2.18 ± 0.51a

2.47 ± 1.17a

2.13 ± 0.51a

Docosahexaenoic acid

3.42 ± 0.60a

3.91 ± 0.95a

3.98 ± 0.76a

3.85 ± 0.66a

Docosapentaenoic acid

2.29 ± 0.27a

2.85 ± 0.75a

3.21 ± 0.98a

2.74 ± 0.98a

Docosatetraenoic acid

2.09 ± 0.71a

2.25 ± 0.32a

2.65 ± 0.31a

2.19 ± 0.04a

Eicosapentaenoic acid

1.58 ± 0.41a

1.64 ± 0.65a

2.46 ± 0.44a

1.61 ± 0.31a

  1. Mean values within the same row sharing the same superscript are not significantly different (P ˃ 0.05), Citrus sinensis-free diet; n = 3 (three samples from each treatment), mean ± SD