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. 2011 Jun 10;10:95. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-10-95

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of the two test butter

Butter

Control (wt%) Phytanic acid (wt%)
6:0 1.52 1.51
8:0 1.04 1.2
10:0 2.35 2.31
12:0 2.66 2.60
14:0 9.89 10.07
14:1 0.66 0.62
15:0 0.89 0.91
16:0 22.55 24.80
16:1n-7 1.15 1.16
Phytanic acid 0.13 0.24
17:0 0.47 0.50
17:1 0.20 0.20
18:0 15.39 16.00
18:1n-9 trans 2.59 2.25
18:1n-9 cis 25.67 25.17
18:1n-7 0.92 1.31
18:2 n-6 trans 0.49 0.47
18:2 n-6 cis 1.53 1.48
20:0 0.35 0.27
18:3 n-6 0.00 0.00
18:3 n-3 0.48 0.83
≥20:0 0.69 0.29