Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of the experimental diets (% total fatty acids).

Fatty acids	Diets (n-3/n-6 PUFA ratio)
	Diet 1 (0.04)	Diet 2 (0.35)	Diet 3 (0.66)	Diet 4 (1.35)	Diet 5 (2.45)	Diet 6 (16.17)
C14:0	0.41	0.44	0.46	0.50	0.51	0.62
C16:0	5.45	5.53	5.90	5.60	5.92	6.07
C18:0	2.18	2.10	1.98	2.25	2.33	1.96
C20:0	0.28	0.23	0.20	0.20	0.19	0.15
ΣSFA	8.32	8.30	8.54	8.54	8.95	8.81
C16:1n-7	0.62	0.60	0.65	0.71	0.76	0.89
C18:1n-9	7.77	7.40	7.13	6.90	6.63	7.10
C20:1n-9	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.41	0.41	0.48
ΣMUFA	8.76	8.38	8.15	8.02	7.79	8.47
C18:2n-6	72.30	55.85	47.34	32.87	22.77	4.27
Σn-6 PUFA	72.30	55.85	47.34	32.87	22.77	4.27
C18:3n-3	0.47	0.51	0.52	0.56	0.56	0.77
C20:5n-3	1.03	9.23	14.54	21.28	27.02	32.70
C22:6n-3	1.12	10.06	16.08	22.52	28.23	35.53
DHA/EPA ratio	1.09	1.09	1.11	1.06	1.05	1.09
Σn-3 PUFA	2.62	19.79	31.14	44.36	55.81	69.01
n-3/n-6 PUFA ratio	0.04	0.35	0.66	1.35	2.45	16.17

PUFA = poly-unsaturated fatty acids; SFA = saturated fatty acids; MUFA = mono-unsaturated fatty acids; DHA = docosahexaenoic acid; EPA = eicosapentaenoic acid.

The trace amounts and not detectable fatty acids are not shown in the table.