Table 2.
The fatty acid composition of the diets
| Dietary Groups | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| -2%1 | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 0.23% | 0.45% | 1.36% | ||
| Fatty Acids | LA | Control | LA | LA | LA | LA | AA | AA | AA |
| 12:0 | 0.472 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.42 |
| 14:0 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.66 |
| 16:0 | 26.48 | 24.69 | 22.66 | 20.63 | 18.71 | 16.8 | 24.62 | 24.31 | 23.71 |
| 16:1 | 0.17 | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| 18:0 | 13.13 | 11.39 | 11.19 | 10.08 | 9.52 | 8.5 | 11.69 | 11.29 | 10.54 |
| 18:1n-9 | 42.44 | 40.44 | 38.44 | 36.62 | 35.00 | 33.06 | 40.11 | 39.79 | 39.00 |
| 18:2n-6 | 13.24 | 18.93 | 23.23 | 28.24 | 32.5 | 37.39 | 19.01 | 19.05 | 19.08 |
| 18:3n-3 | 1.78 | 1.79 | 1.77 | 1.8 | 1.77 | 1.8 | 1.78 | 1.84 | 1.83 |
| 20:0 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.51 |
| 20:1 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| 20:4n-6 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.2 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 1.11 | 3.32 |
| 20:5n-3 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| 22:0 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.30 |
| 22:6n-3 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.3 | 0.27 | 0.27 |
1% change with regards to energy
2g/kg diet
Abbreviations: AA, arachidonic acid; LA, linoleic acid.