title: Fatty acid composition of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
abstract: The goal of this study was to examine the FA composition of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon (AS) and rainbow trout (RT). FA profiles were obtained by GC/FID. Results showed that lipid and n-3 highly unsaturated FA contents of farmed and wild AS were similar. Total n-3 and n-6 PUFA were significantly higher in farmed AS than in wild AS. Farmed RT contained more fat and less n-3 PUFA than wild RT. Our results show that farmed salmonids provide high levels of n-3 HUFA to consumers.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Research Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ), Canada. carole.blanchet@inspq.qc.ca
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Julien
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gingras
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dewailly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D017756:Aquaculture; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000378:metabolism*; D020317:Salmo salar / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated