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Table 6 Principal component analysis of FAC in diets and eels; trait loadings on the first axis; shown are correlation coefficients with the first axis

From: Dietary effects on fatty acid composition in muscle tissue of juvenile European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.)

 

Diets

Eels

Variance explained*

39%

30%

16:0

0.17

0.04

16:1 n7

−0.32

0.33

16:2 n4

−0.67

0.28

16:3 n4

0.03

0.10

17:0

−0.33

−0.02

17:1 n7

−0.61

0.23

18:0

−0.25

−0.36

18:1 n9

−0.75

−0.49

18:1 n7

−0.27

−0.10

18:2 n6

−0.95

−0.06

18:3 n6

−0.50

0.10

18:3 n4

−0.76

0.20

18:3 n3 (alpha-linoleic)

−0.31

0.25

18:4 n3

0.34

0.68

20:0

−0.39

−0.16

20:1 n9

0.25

−0.45

20:2 n6

0.07

−0.03

20:3 n6

0.08

−0.30

20:4 n6 (ARA)

−0.04

0.06

21:0

−0.33

0.15

20:3 n3

0.09

0.55

20:4 n3

0.40

0.65

20:5 n3 (EPA)

0.47

0.91

22:0

−0.39

−0.22

22:1 n9

0.26

−0.20

22:2 n6

0.35

0.72

22:5 n3 (DPA)

0.42

0.77

22:3 n3 (DHA)

0.83

0.96

24:0

0.44

0.22

24:1 n9

0.28

−0.07

SATT

−0.10

−0.15

1un

−0.56

−0.75

2 un

−0.97

0.10

3 un

−0.30

0.08

4 + un

0.74

0.97

Sum uns

0.10

0.15

SAT/UNSAT

−0.09

−0.16

n3

0.70

0.97

n6

−0.91

0.00

n3/n6

0.84

0.88

SUM C16 PUFA

−0.35

0.26

SUM C18 PUFA

−0.84

0.24

SUM C20 PUFA

0.47

0.90

SUM C22 PUFA

0.82

0.96

SUM PUFA

0.47

0.94

EPA/ARA

0.43

0.69

DHA/EPA

0.73

−0.13

  1. * Variance explained by the first axis