Table 2.
Fatty acid profile of milk fat from different animal species (% Fatty Acid).
| Common name | Fatty acids | Cow milk fat | Buffalo milk fat | Goat milk fat | Sheep milk fat | Camel milk fat | Human milk fat | Mare milk fat | Elephant milk fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butyric acid | C4:0 | 3.17 ± 0.78 | 4.06 ± 1.71 | 2.07 ± 0.64 | 3.66 ± 0.87 | 0.20 ± 0.33 | – | 0.35 ± 0.26 | – |
| Caproic acid | C6:0 | 2.11 ± 0.39 | 1.98 ± 0.72 | 1.99 ± 0.45 | 2.48 ± 0.52 | 0.15 ± 0.12 | – | 0.45 ± 0.26 | – |
| Caprylic acid | C8:0 | 1.43 ± 0.28 | 1.22 ± 0.53 | 2.28 ± 0.56 | 2.18 ± 0.43 | 0.12 ± 0.08 | 0.08 ± 0.00 | 2.85 ± 0.25 | 2.37 ± 0.41 |
| Capric acid | C10:0 | 2.92 ± 0.23 | 2.08 ± 0.72 | 7.22 ± 3.08 | 6.46 ± 0.98 | 0.27 ± 0.00 | 1.16 ± 0.32 | 6.47 ± 0.73 | 27.78 ± 7.61 |
| Lauric acid | C12:0 | 3.32 ± 0.21 | 2.81 ± 0.47 | 4.10 ± 1.07 | 3.87 ± 0.38 | 0.110.82 | 4.03 ± 2.52 | 7.01 ± 0.59 | 16.94 ± 9.26 |
| Myristic acid | C14:0 | 11.11 ± 0.50 | 10.71 ± 1.26 | 10.54 ± 1.14 | 10.32 ± 0.43 | 10.64 ± 0.00 | 6.74 ± 0.55 | 6.96 ± 0.54 | 3.22 ± 1.37 |
| Pentadecanoic acid | C15:0 | 1.06 ± 0.13 | 1.12 ± 0.10 | 0.99 ± 0.19 | 0.33 ± 0.47 | 2.57 ± 0.83 | – | 0.39 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.00 |
| Palmitic acid | C16:0 | 28.69 ± 3.23 | 30.69 ± 2.17 | 29.70 ± 2.62 | 25.24 ± 0.97 | 26.45 ± 5.76 | 14.65 ± 10.06 | 20.51 ± 0.30 | 13.12 ± 2.80 |
| Heptadecanoic acid | C17:0 | 0.56 ± 0.16 | 0.64 ± 0.18 | 0.69 ± 0.08 | 0.21 ± 0.30 | 0.35 ± 0.37 | 0.30 ± 0.10 | 0.38 ± 0.02 | 1.01 ± 0.46 |
| Stearic acid | C18:0 | 11.05 ± 1.09 | 12.13 ± 1.29 | 9.07 ± 1.18 | 9.78 ± 0.36 | 15.00 ± 4.18 | 12.77 ± 8.91 | 1.26 ± 0.06 | 7.24 ± 5.89 |
| Myristoleic acid | C14:1 (c9) | 0.81 ± 0.50 | 0.56 ± 0.21 | 0.29 ± 0.15 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.48 ± 0.66 | 0.36 ± 0.00 | 0.39 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.02 |
| Palmitoleic acid | C16:1 | 1.29 ± 0.53 | 1.59 ± 0.36 | 1.09 ± 0.44 | 1.04 ± 0.12 | 9.47 ± 3.53 | 2.49 ± 0.20 | 5.41 ± 0.19 | 0.69 ± 0.13 |
| Oleic acid | C18:1 | 21.76 ± 1.49 | 20.79 ± 1.52 | 20.52 ± 1.83 | 21.15 ± 3.22 | 25.44 ± 5.39 | 33.37 ± 2.66 | 20.86 ± 1.06 | 18.07 ± 6.06 |
| Linoleic acid | C18:2 | 2.20 ± 0.73 | 1.29 ± 0.29 | 2.07 ± 1.25 | 2.98 ± 0.66 | 2.55 ± 1.15 | 12.07 ± 2.54 | 14.63 ± 3.33 | 1.45 ± 1.45 |
| Linolenic acid | C18:3 | 0.95 ± 0.55 | 0.69 ± 0.52 | 0.35 ± 0.07 | 0.80 ± 0.07 | 1.69 ± 0.12 | 1.04 ± 0.88 | 8.53 ± 3.38 | 0.74 ± 0.01 |
| CLA | c9 t11 C18:2 | 0.80 ± 0.35 | 0.83 ± 0.06 | 0.81 ± 0.11 | 1.47 ± 0.32 | – | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.07 ± 0.00 | 0.03 ± 0.00 |
| Reference | [[24], [25], [26]] | [[24], [25], [26]] | [25,26] | [[27], [28], [29]] | [[30], [31], [32]] | [[33], [34], [35]] | [36,37] | [38,39] | |
Note: The values are average of the reported values in different publications and represented as Mean ± SD.