Table 1.
Fatty acid composition of the diets
|
Fatty acids |
CON |
ARA(L) |
ARA(M) |
ARA(H) |
DHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g/100 g fatty acids | |||||
| 16:0 palmitic acid |
27.6 |
28.1 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
28.3 |
| 18:0 stearic acid |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
| 18:1(n-9) oleic acid |
32.1 |
31.5 |
31.0 |
29.6 |
30.9 |
| 18:2(n-6) linoleic acid |
23.5 |
21.1 |
19.3 |
15.6 |
21.4 |
| 18:3(n-3) α-linolenic acid |
11.3 |
11.4 |
11.2 |
11.3 |
2.3 |
| 20:3(n-6) dihomo-γ-linolenic acid |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
| 20:4(n-6) arachidonic acid |
0.0 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
6.1 |
0.5 |
| 20:5(n-3) eicosapentaenoic acid |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
| 22:6(n-3) docosahexaenoic acid |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
6.3 |
| Others |
1.3 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| PUFA |
35.1 |
34.6 |
34.5 |
34.6 |
33.4 |
| MUFA |
32.9 |
32.5 |
31.8 |
30.4 |
33.6 |
| SFA |
32.0 |
33.0 |
33.8 |
35.0 |
33.0 |
| n-6/n-3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Fatty acid composition of the experimental diets. Numbers in the table are expressed in percent except for the n-6/n-3 ratio. PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; SFA: saturated fatty acid. Note that each diet comprised equal amounts of each fatty acid and had the same n-6/n-3 ratio.