Table 5.

Fatty acids present in higher concentration (g/100 g total fatty acid) in colostrum compared to milk (at 5th day of lactation).

Fatty Acid	Colostrum	Milk (5 d)
C14:0 Myristic acid	12.8–13.7	8.3–11.2
C16:0 Palmitic acid	32.5–40.4	27.2–29.7
C18:2 ω-6 Linoleic acid (LA)	1.95–2.79	1.53–2.23
PUFA	3.88–4.28	2.97–3.62
ω-3	0.56–1.18	0.33–0.70
ω-6	2.57–3.72	2.64–3.00

Values represent the range of mean concentrations and were obtained from refs [27,227,228].