Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of the three experimental diets (g per 100 g of oil)

	Control	Walnut	Flaxseed oil
Corn oil	100.00	27.61	0.00
Flaxseed oil	0.00	0.00	100.00
Walnut oil	0.00	72.39*	0.00
C18, Stearic	1.92	2.20	3.56
C18:1, Oleic	25.10	19.64	18.01
C18:2, Linoleic	60.58	59.92	14.03
C18:3, Linolenic	1.41	9.32	57.91
C18:4, Stearidonic	0.00	0.00	0.00
Saturated	12.90	11.10	9.60
Monounsaturated	25.10	19.70	17.20
Polyunsaturated	62.00	69.30	68.90
n-3 (%)	1.40	9.30	57.90
n-6 (%)	60.60	59.90	14.00
n-6/n-3 ratio6	42.9:1	6.4:1	1:5

^*Walnuts are 65.22% fat; hence, 111 g of walnuts in the diet correspond to 72.39 g of walnut oil.