Table 2. Fatty acid profile in adipose tissue of Non-Maternally Separated rats fed un-supplemented diet (A), Maternally Separated rats fed un-supplemented diet (B), Non-Maternally Separated rats fed B. breve DPC6330 (C), Maternally Separated rats fed B. breve DPC6330 (D), Non-Maternally Separated rats fed B. breve DPC6330 plus 0.5% (w/w) linoleic acid and 0.5% (w/w) α-linolenic acid (E), Maternally Separated rats fed B. breve DPC6330 plus 0.5% (w/w) linoleic acid and 0.5% (w/w) α-linolenic acid (F) for 7 weeks.
g/100 g FAME | Adipose Tissue | |||||
A | B | C | D | E | F | |
C16:0 | 24.26±0.34 | 23.33±0.47 | 24.32±0.54 | 24.42±0.35 | 23.36±0.27 | 22.76±0.49 |
C16:1c9 | 3.51±0.15 | c* 2.79±0.20 | b* 3.74±0.24 | 3.44±0.16 | 3.20±0.20 | 3.08±0.23 |
C18:0 | 4.15±0.11 | 4.40±0.08 | 4.07±0.09 | 4.32±0.17 | 4.45±0.12 | 3.99±0.04 |
C18:1c9 | b,f*** 25.80±0.13 | a,c** 24.77±0.21 | b**,f*** 25.97±0.27 | f** 25.52±0.22 | 25.13±0.20 | a***,c**,d** 24.24±0.24 |
C18:1 t 9 | 1.78±0.06 | 1.66±0.04 | 1.56±0.08 | 1.69±0.06 | 1.75±0.04 | 1.58±0.06 |
C18:2 n -6 | 35.02±0.60 | 37.40±0.78 | 34.68±0.89 | 35.04±0.58 | 35.99±0.69 | 37.64±0.81 |
C18:3 n -3 | e***,f*** 2.10±0.05 | f***, 2.27±0.06 | e**, f*** 2.14±0.06 | e**, f*** 2.15±0.06 | a***,c***,d***,f*** 2.66±0.13 | a***,b***,c***,d***,e** 3.31±0.17 |
C20:1 c 11 | b* 0.208±0.007 | a*,d* 0.232±0.004 | 0.214±0.005 | b* 0.207±0.005 | 0.213±0.005 | 0.216±0.004 |
C20:4 n -6 | 0.48±0.04 | 0.48±0.03 | 0.54±0.05 | 0.51±0.04 | 0.42±0.01 | 0.46±0.02 |
Results are expressed as percentage of total identified fatty acids. Data are Means ± SEM g/100 g FAME.
A, B, C, D, E, F Different superscript letters within a column indicate significant difference (* = p<0.05, ** = p<0.01, *** = p<0.001). FAME = fatty acid methyl esters. C16:0 palmitic acid; C16:1c9 palmitoleic acid; C18:0 stearic acid; C18:1c9 oleic acid; C18:1t9 elaidic acid; C18:2n-6 linoleic acid; C18:3n-3 linolenic acid; C20:1c11 eicosenoic acid; C20:4n-6 arachidonic acid.