TABLE 4.
Identified fatty acid | Mean ± SEM % (wt/wt) fatty acid in L. casei Shirota grown in MRS supplemented with:
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Nothing (control) | 18:2 n-6 | 18:3 n-6 | 20:4 n-6 | 18:3 n-3 | 22:6 n-3 | |
SAFA | 13.5 ± 1.3 | 13.4 ± 0.4 | 13.9 ± 0.6 | 11.9 ± 1.0 | 11.0 ± 0.6 | 12.1 ± 1.0 |
18:1 n-9 | 32.4 ± 1.1 | 25.1 ± 0.9* | 28.6 ± 0.2* | 31.7 ± 1.3 | 30.5 ± 0.8 | 33.3 ± 0.8 |
18:1 n-7 | 3.1 ± 0.0 | 2.8 ± 0.0* | 2.8 ± 0.0* | 3.1 ± 0.0 | 2.9 ± 0.0* | 3.1 ± 0.0 |
18:2 n-6 | ND | 4.6 ± 0.0* | ND | ND | ND | ND |
18:3 n-6 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 0.0 | 3.1 ± 0.5* | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.4 ± 0.1 |
20:4 n-6 | ND | ND | ND | 0.5 ± 0.0* | ND | ND |
cis-9, 10Mt 18:0 and 18:3 n-3b | 35.3 ± 1.0 | 31.6 ± 1.8 | 31.1 ± 1.1* | 37.5 ± 0.2 | 40.3 ± 0.4* | 36.2 ± 0.4 |
cis-11,12Mt 18:0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
20:5 n-3 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0* | 0.9 ± 0.0* | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0 |
22:6 n-3 + 24:1b | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.2 |
18:2 c-9,t-11 and t-8,c-10b | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.0 | 1.5 ± 0.0* | 1.6 ± 0.0 |
18:2 t-10,c-12 and c-11,t-13b | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 2.0 ± 0.1** | 1.5 ± 0.0 | 1.4 ± 0.0* | 1.5 ± 0.0 |
The PUFA concentration was 5 μg/ml. Six independently prepared fatty acid methyl esters were analyzed in duplicate. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.07. SAFA, 14:0 + 16:0 + 18:0 + 20:0 + 22:0; ND, not detected.
Overlapping peaks in the chromatograms.