Table 1.
Fatty acid composition (presented as % of total) of fat depots of various feeding, fasting, or hibernating mammals
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| Species | Manipulation | SFA (%) | MUFA (%) | PUFA (%) | SFA (%) | MUFA (%) | PUFA (%) | References |
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| Erignathus barbatus | 15 | 54 | 30 | 10 | ||||
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| Eutamias amoenus | SFA diet | 20 | 65 | 15 | ||||
| MUFA diet | 10 | 77 | 13 | 86 | ||||
| PUFA diet | 10 | 44 | 46 | |||||
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| Homo sapiens | Healthy | 29 | 55 | 14 | 87 | |||
| Obese | 27 | 55 | 18 | 89 | ||||
| 38 | 45 | 17 | 88 | |||||
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| Marmota marmota | 16 | 65 | 17 | 92 | ||||
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| Martes americana | 37 | 42 | 21 | 34 | 43 | 23 | 93 | |
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| Meles meles | 34 | 42 | 20 | 85 | ||||
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| Mirounga angustirostris | Nursing | 21 | 64 | 14 | 91 | |||
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| Phoca groenlandica | 15 | 55 | 30 | 10 | ||||
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| Phoca hispida | 14 | 56 | 30 | 10 | ||||
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| Rhinopoma microphyllum | 50 | 43 | 7 | 90 | ||||
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| Spermophilus parryii | 19 | 50 | 31 | 14 | ||||
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| Ursus americanus | 33 | 36 | 31 | 39 | 36 | 25 | 11 | |
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| Ursus maritimus | 11 | 71 | 18 | 10 | ||||
Abbreviations: SFA-saturated fatty acids, MUFA-monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA-polyunsaturated fatty acids