Seasonal variation of fatty /Table 6

Fatty acid (%)	Culture period
Fatty acid (%)	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
12:0	0.18 ± 0.01^c	0.27 ± 0.01^a	0.21 ± 0.00^b	0.03 ± 0.00^f	0.05 ± 0.00^e	0.07 ± 0.00^d
14:0	9.50 ± 0.21^a	9.66 ± 0.19^a	7.11 ± 0.15^c	4.73 ± 0.15^e	7.68 ± 0.15^b	6.02 ± 0.12^d
16:0	13.53 ± 0.31^d	16.25 ± 0.35^b	17.22 ± 0.22^a	17.34 ± 0.40^a	14.51 ± 0.33^c	11.07 ± 0.27^e
16:1 n-7	3.08 ± 0.08^c	3.78 ± 0.12^a	3.44 ± 0.08^b	3.06 ± 0.07^c	3.49 ± 0.09^b	3.20 ± 0.09^c
18:0	0.86 ± 0.02^c	1.00 ± 0.02^b	1.16 ± 0.03^a	0.69 ± 0.02^d	0.87 ± 0.02^c	0.89 ± 0.02^c
18:1 n-9	19.20 ± 0.40^a	16.83 ± 0.42^c	15.67 ± 0.42^d	13.30 ± 0.40^e	16.27 ± 0.39^c^d	17.75 ± 0.42^b
18:2 n-6	5.58 ± 0.15^b	6.79 ± 0.19^a	6.78 ± 0.15^a	6.93 ± 0.14^a	6.95 ± 0.16^a	7.03 ± 0.16^a
18:3 n-6	1.78 ± 0.04^e	2.17 ± 0.05^d	2.90 ± 0.07^c	2.94 ± 0.07^c	3.97 ± 0.09^a	3.76 ± 0.09^b
18:3 n-3	7.38 ± 0.15^a	6.54 ± 0.16^c	6.79 ± 0.21^b	3.84 ± 0.09^d	2.96 ± 0.07^e	2.97 ± 0.06^e
20:0	0.40 ± 0.01^c	0.50 ± 0.01^b	0.50 ± 0.01^b	0.26 ± 0.01^d	0.51 ± 0.01^a^b	0.53 ± 0.01^a
20:2 n-6	1.30 ± 0.03^c	1.76 ± 0.04^a	1.59 ± 0.05^b	1.66 ± 0.04^b	1.80 ± 0.04^a	1.78 ± 0.04^a
20:3 n-6	1.42 ± 0.03^e	1.95 ± 0.04^a	1.84 ± 0.05^b	1.67 ± 0.04^c	1.53 ± 0.03^d	1.62 ± 0.05^c
20:4 n-6	13.35 ± 0.30^d	14.92 ± 0.40^c	15.37 ± 0.32^c	19.19 ± 0.45^b	19.40 ± 0.21^b	20.34 ± 0.45^a
C24:0	22.44 ± 0.44^b	17.58 ± 0.40^d	19.42 ± 0.54^c	24.36 ± 0.64^a	20.01 ± 0.21^c	22.97 ± 0.54^b
Saturates	46.91 ± 1.07^a^b	45.26 ± 1.29^b^c	45.62 ± 1.11^ab^c	47.42 ± 0.62^a	43.64 ± 0.93^c	41.55 ± 1.26^d
Monoenes	22.27 ± 0.59^a	20.62 ± 0.46^b^c	19.11 ± 0.61^d	16.35 ± 0.49^e	19.77 ± 0.45^c^d	20.95 ± 0.48^b
Polyenes	30.81 ± 0.67^d	34.13 ± 0.80^c	35.27 ± 0.76^b^c	36.23 ± 0.81^a^b	36.60 ± 1.02^a^b	37.50 ± 0.45^a
P/S	0.66 ± 0.02^d	0.75 ± 0.02^c	0.77 ± 0.02^c	0.76 ± 0.02^c	0.84 ± 0.02^b	0.90 ± 0.02^a

^aValues represent means ± standard error (n=3). Mean values in the same row followed by different letters differ significantly (p<0.05).

Table 6: Seasonal variation of fatty acid composition (percentage of weight) in the dried sea tangle (S. japonica) cultured at Kijang areaa.

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