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. 2011 Jun 9;6(6):e20944. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020944

Table 2. Fatty acid pattern of the subcutaneous adipose tissue from mice fed a standard diet (CT), a high fat diet (HF) or a high fat diet supplemented with 10% arabinoxylan (HF-AX) for 4 weeks.

CT HF HF-AX
SFA 28.197 ± 0.614 25.998 ± 0.180* 25.010 ± 0.322*§
C6:0 0.017 ± 0.002 0.007 ± 0.001* 0.006 ± 0.001*
C8:0 0.009 ± 0.001 0.004 ± 0.001* 0.004 ± 0.001*
C10:0 0.045 ± 0.003 0.039 ± 0.003 0.040 ± 0.002
C12:0 0.119 ± 0.009 0.080 ± 0.006* 0.082 ± 0.004*
C13:0 0.014 ± 0.001 0.010 ± 0.001* 0.011 ± 0.001
C14:0 1.563 ± 0.057 1.010 ± 0.017* 0.997 ± 0.024*
C15:0 iso 0.013 ± 0.001 0.003 ± 0.000* 0.003 ± 0.001*
C15:0 anteiso 0.013 ± 0.001 0.003 ± 0.001* 0.004 ± 0.001*
C15:0 0.169 ± 0.005 0.106 ± 0.001* 0.107 ± 0.003*
C16:0 iso 0.133 ± 0.003 0.067 ± 0.003* 0.069 ± 0.003*
C16:0 22.422 ± 0.459 19.844 ± 0.138* 18.631 ± 0.338*§
C17:0 iso 0.150 ± 0.003 0.143 ± 0.003 0.138 ± 0.003*
C17:0 anteiso 0.683 ± 0.015 0.737 ± 0.014 0.798 ± 0.032*
C17:0 0.181 ± 0.005 0.250 ± 0.004* 0.248 ± 0.004*
C18:0 2.525 ± 0.136 3.631 ± 0.088* 3.791 ± 0.177*
C20:0 0.140 ± 0.005 0.065 ± 0.004* 0.080 ± 0.007*
MUFA 44.442 ± 0.260 48.981 ± 0.133* 49.778 ± 0.438*
C14:1 C9 0.153 ± 0.008 0.062 ± 0.010* 0.052 ± 0.003*
C16:1C9 8.631 ± 0.207 4.727 ± 0.160* 4.407 ± 0.229*
C18:1T9 0.040 ± 0.003 0.224 ± 0.008* 0.240 ± 0.007*
C18:1T11 0.055 ± 0.004 0.192 ± 0.007* 0.194 ± 0.005*
C18:1C9 32.341 ± 0.214 41.253 ± 0.143* 42.283 ± 0.593*
C18:1C11 3.222 ± 0.049 2.520 ± 0.019* 2.602 ± 0.023*§
PUFA 27.361 ± 0.583 25.021 ± 0.164* 25.211 ± 0.375*
C18:2C9C12 25.698 ± 0.544 23.115 ± 0.146* 23.436 ± 0.294*
C18:3C9C12C15 0.859 ± 0.032 1.081 ± 0.026* 0.991 ± 0.062
C18:2C9T11 0.090 ± 0.005 0.171 ± 0.002* 0.181 ± 0.003*§
C20:3C11C14C17 0.013 ± 0.001 0.061 ± 0.001* 0.060 ± 0.002*
C20:4C5C8C11C14 0.323 ± 0.011 0.362 ± 0.007 0.332 ± 0.017
C20:5C5C8C11C14C17 0.041 ± 0.005 0.020 ± 0.001* 0.013 ± 0.003*
C22:5C7C10C13C16C19 0.063 ± 0.002 0.065 ± 0.002 0.060 ± 0.003
C22:6C4C7C10C13C16C19 0.264 ± 0.012 0.141 ± 0.003* 0.132 ± 0.008*

Values are means ± SEM (g/100 g of identified fatty acid methyl esters). SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.