variation of fatty acid composition percentage of weight

Fatty acid (%)	Culture period
Fatty acid (%)	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
12:0	0.28 ± 0.01^b	0.58 ± 0.01^a	0.09 ± 0.00^d	0.04 ± 0.00^e	0.16 ± 0.00^c	0.08 ± 0.00^d
14:0	10.47 ± 0.25^b	10.92 ± 0.13^a	8.70 ± 0.17^c	6.72 ± 0.18^e	7.09 ± 0.15^d	5.74 ± 0.18^f
16:0	16.08 ± 0.40^c	16.94 ± 0.33^b	17.13 ± 0.45^b	18.07 ± 0.37^a	11.25 ± 0.14^d	10.58 ± 0.24^e
16:1 n-7	2.92 ± 0.07^d	3.10 ± 0.08^c	3.45 ± 0.07^b	3.15 ± 0.05^c	3.79 ± 0.09^a	3.20 ± 0.07^c
18:0	1.25 ± 0.02^a	1.14 ± 0.02^b	0.82 ± 0.01^c	0.81 ± 0.02^c	0.82 ± 0.02^c	0.81 ± 0.02^c
18:1 n-9	17.26 ± 0.19^a	17.07 ± 0.34^a	14.95 ± 0.30^c	15.41 ± 0.43^b^c	15.71 ± 0.42^b	15.95 ± 0.48^b
18:2 n-6	5.24 ± 0.05^d	5.46 ± 0.17^d	6.03 ± 0.17^c	6.38 ± 0.13^b	6.86 ± 0.15^a	6.51 ± 0.13^b
18:3 n-6	1.75 ± 0.04^f	2.22 ± 0.05^e	2.34 ± 0.06^d	2.65 ± 0.07^c	3.05 ± 0.08^b	3.67 ± 0.09^a
18:3 n-3	6.85 ± 0.16^a	5.70 ± 0.13^c	6.26 ± 0.14^b	4.70 ± 0.13^d	4.15 ± 0.13^e	4.00 ± 0.09^e
20:0	0.40 ± 0.01^d	0.47 ± 0.01^b	0.43 ± 0.01^c	0.35 ± 0.00^e	0.42 ± 0.01^c	0.49 ± 0.01^a
20:2 n-6	1.49 ± 0.04^b	1.71 ± 0.03^a	1.40 ± 0.04^c	1.68 ± 0.05^a	1.26 ± 0.04^d	1.52 ± 0.04^b
20:3 n-6	1.58 ± 0.03^b	1.77 ± 0.04^a	1.63 ± 0.04^b	1.51 ± 0.03^c	1.59 ± 0.04^b	1.49 ± 0.03^c
20:4 n-6	13.55 ± 0.32^e	13.19 ± 0.41^e	16.82 ± 0.39^c	15.60 ± 0.37^d	17.55 ± 0.36^b	18.96 ± 0.45^a
C24:0	20.89 ± 0.60^c	19.73 ± 0.45^d	19.95 ± 0.50^c^d	22.93 ± 0.24^b	26.30 ± 0.74^a	27.00 ± 0.71^a
Saturates	49.37 ± 1.56^a	49.78 ± 0.98^a	47.12 ± 1.16^b	48.93 ± 1.04^a	46.04 ± 1.12^b^c	44.71 ± 0.58^c
Monoenes	20.17 ± 0.46^a	20.17 ± 0.46^a	18.40 ± 0.32^c	18.56 ± 0.43^c	19.50 ± 0.62^a^b	19.15 ± 0.57^b^c
Polyenes	30.46 ± 0.69^d	30.05 ± 0.80^d	34.48 ± 0.62^b	32.51 ± 0.90^c	34.46 ± 0.74^b	36.14 ± 0.81^a
P/S	0.62 ± 0.01^d	0.60 ± 0.02^d	0.73 ± 0.02^b	0.66 ± 0.01^c	0.75 ± 0.02^b	0.81 ± 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 7: Seasonal variation of fatty acid composition (percentage of weight) in the dried sea tangle (S. japonica) cultured at Wando area^a.

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