Table 3.

Comparison of Fatty Acid Profiles from Triglycerides of Milk Produced by Breasts with Symptoms of Mastitis Versus Milk Produced by Contralateral Asymptomatic Breasts

Fatty acid	Symptomatic (g/100 g)	Asymptomatic (g/100 g)	Difference (symptomatic – asymptomatic)	SED
6:0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
8:0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
10:0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.1
12:0	4.8	4.8	0.0	0.2
14:0	5.4	5.4	0.0	0.2
i15	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
a15	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
14:1 cis-9	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
15:0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
i16	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
16:0	20.5	20.4	0.1	0.2
16:1 cis-9	2.1	2.0	0.1	0.1
17:0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
i18	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
18:0	6.5	6.6	−0.1	0.1
18:1 trans isomers	1.8	1.7	0.1	0.2
18:1 cis-9	31.2	31.2	0.0	0.2
18:2 cis-9, cis-12	16.4	16.5	−0.1	0.2
20:0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
18:3 (n-6)	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
18:3 (n-3)	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.1
18:4 (n-3)	0.5	0.6	−0.1	0.1
18:2 cis-9, trans-11	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
22:0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0

Data are mean and SED values (n=14).