| Fatty acid (%wt) |
Cultivated beluga (n=3) |
Wild beluga (n=5) |
P-value |
| 14:00 |
0.65±0.08 |
1.5±0.28 |
0.004 |
| 14:1n5 |
0.44±0.04 |
0.83±0.07 |
0.000 |
| 16:00 |
27.46±0.65 |
29.88±1.24 |
0.029 |
| 16:1n7 |
3.48±0.26 |
9.65±0.54 |
0.000 |
| 18:00 |
4.45±0.21 |
2.32±0.18 |
0.000 |
| 18:1n9 |
33.72±1.25 |
29.1±0.65 |
0.001 |
| 18:1n7 |
2.40±0.25 |
2.94±0.2 |
0.023 |
| 18:2n6 |
11.42±0.26 |
0.78±0.05 |
0.000 |
| 18:3n3 |
0.93±0.04 |
0.3±0.02 |
0.007 |
| 20:1n9 |
0.62±0.03 |
0.46±0.01 |
0.000 |
| 20:2n6 |
0.77±0.04 |
0.38±0.03 |
0.000 |
| 20:4n6 AA |
2.69±0.09 |
6.2±0.2 |
0.000 |
| 22:1n9 |
0.11±0.02 |
0.17±0.01 |
0.006 |
| 20:5n3 EPA |
1.24±0.12 |
2.9±0.13 |
0.000 |
| 22:5n3 DPA |
0.08±0.01 |
0.53±0.31 |
0.000 |
| 22:6n3 DHA |
2.38±0.29 |
5.1±0.34 |
0.000 |
| SAFA |
32.5 |
33.7 |
0.153 |
| PUFA |
19.52 |
16.19 |
0.000 |
| MUFA |
41.68 |
43.45 |
0.118 |
| HUFA |
6.40 |
14.72 |
0.000 |
| Total n-6 |
14.87 |
7.37 |
0.000 |
| Total n-3 |
4.64 |
8.82 |
0.000 |
| n-3/n-6 |
0.32 |
1.195 |
0.000 |
|
Chemical composition (%) |
|
|
|
| Protein |
14.56±0.2 |
15.11±0.97 |
0.396 |
| Fat |
14.55±0.6 |
14.87±1 |
0.659 |
| Moisture |
64.83±0.46 |
64.1± 2.1 |
0.655 |
| Ash |
4.51±0.91 |
4.2±0.65 |
0.567 |
aValues are the Mean ± SD |
