Table 2 Fatty acid composition (mean ± SD) in livers of Lutjanus lutjanus collected in the Bidong Island, Malaysian South China Sea

SAFA

C14:0

7.3 ± 2.4

4.4 ± 0.6

4.5 ± 0.7

C16:0

39.9 ± 5.9^a

52.4 ± 6.4^b

48.6 ± 8.2^b

C18:0

7.6 ± 2.2

9.4 ± 5.6

7.4 ± 4.9

C20:0

0.2 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.2

∑SAFA

55.0 ± 1.6 ^a

66.5 ± 7.4 ^b

60.8 ± 9.2 ^b

MUFA

C16:1

11.9 ± 4.9

8.9 ± 1.4

9.6 ± 2.6

C17:1

1.2 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.4

1.4 ± 0.4

C18:1ω9c

13.2 ± 1.3

12.0 ± 3.0

15.1 ± 6.4

C18:1ω9t

13.7 ± 3.5

7.6 ± 5.8

9.5 ± 6.0

C20:1

0.1 ± 0.1^a

1.1 ± 1.2^b

0.8 ± 0.4^b

∑MUFA

40.2 ± 2.2

30.7 ± 8.0

36.4 ± 9.3

PUFA

C18:3n6

0.04 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.1

C18:3n3

2.9 ± 1.6

1.5 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.3

C20:3n3

0.03 ± 0.05

0.02 ± 0.04

0.01 ± 0.03

C20:5n3 (EPA)

1.4 ± 0.4

0.6 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.3

C22:6n3 (DHA)

0.5 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.8

EPA/DHA

12.3 ± 11.7

2.9 ± 1.7

1.0 ± 1.2

∑PUFA

4.8 ± 1.4

2.8 ± 1.1

2.8 ± 1.1