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. 2024 May 3;8:txae062. doi: 10.1093/tas/txae062

Table 6.

Effect of parity group on concentrations of acylcarnitines, (lyso-) phosphatidylcholines, sphingomyelin, and di- and triglycerides in porcine colostrum.1

Metabolite, mg/L Group A Group B Group C SEM P-value
Acylcarnitines
 Free carnitine 0.15 0.21 0.25 0.07 0.605
 Acetyl-carnitine 26.0 26.8 39.6 4.63 0.101
 Propionyl-carnitine 1.62b 2.17ab 3.76a 0.60 0.058
 Butyryl-carnitine 2.13 2.59 3.82 0.63 0.174
 Tiglyl-carnitine 0.097 0.12 0.16 0.043 0.620
 Valeryl-carnitine 53.0 66.3 82.6 15.37 0.422
 Glutaryl-carnitine 3.31 3.36 3.22 1.06 0.996
 Hexanoyl-carnitine 0.21 0.30 0.28 0.12 0.841
Phospholipids
 1-Palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine 0.86 0.74 0.38 0.30 0.446
 1-Stearoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine 1.27 1.58 0.51 0.56 0.469
 1-Oleoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine 4.51 3.74 3.55 0.94 0.730
 1,2-Dielaidoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine 2.80b 4.03a 4.35a 0.38 0.020
 1-Stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine 1.64 2.58 1.94 0.56 0.473
 Sphingomyelin C18:1/16:0 32.2b 36.0b 45.3a 3.11 0.024
Di- and triglycerides
 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol 9.61 11.1 12.6 2.12 0.612
 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycerol 21.8 24.5 22.7 3.94 0.879
 1,3-Dioleyl-2-palmitoylglycerol 3,529 2,308 3,156 508 0.263
 1,3-Dipalmitoyl-2-oleoylglycerol 1,795 1,300 1,612 222 0.315

Values are least squares means ± pooled SEM.

a,bMeans without a common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).

1Parity group A = parity 1 and 2 (n = 8); parity group B = parity 3 and 4 (n = 6); parity group C = parity 5 and 6 (n = 6).