Table 1.

Content and composition of fatty acids in experimental diets

Fatty acid	Second diet		Corn oil		1/8-Arachidonic acid-enriched oil		1/4-Arachidonic acid-enriched oil		1/2-Arachidonic acid-enriched oil
	g/100 g of diet	% fatty acid	g/100 g of diet	% fatty acid	g/100 g of diet	% fatty acid	g/100 g of diet	% fatty acid	g/100 g of diet	% fatty acid
Crude fat (%)	3.4	-	6.9	-	6.9	-	6.9	-	6.9	-
Myristic acid (C14:0)	0.01	0.3	0.01	0.1	0.04	0.6	0.04	0.6	0.03	0.5
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	0.45	13.2	0.83	12.0	1.76	25.6	1.63	23.2	1.37	19.8
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1n-9)	0.02	0.5	0.02	0.3	0.02	0.3	0.02	0.3	0.02	0.3
Stearic acid (C18:0)	0.11	3.1	0.16	2.4	0.27	3.9	0.28	3.9	0.30	4.3
Oleic acid (C18:1n-9)	1.07	31.4	2.03	29.4	2.31	33.5	2.16	30.7	1.87	27.2
Linoleic acid (C18:2n-6)	1.45	42.6	3.45	50.0	1.79	26.0	1.79	25.4	1.78	25.8
γ-Linolenic acid (C18:3n-6)	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.01	0.2	0.02	0.4	0.05	0.7
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3n-3)	0.07	1.9	0.09	1.4	0.08	1.2	0.08	1.2	0.08	1.2
Arachidic acid (C20:0)	0.02	0.7	0.04	0.5	0.04	0.6	0.04	0.6	0.04	0.6
Eicosatrienoic acid (C20:3n-3+n-6)	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.01	0.2	0.03	0.4	0.06	0.8
Arachidonic acid (C20:4n-6)	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.19	2.8	0.39	5.5	0.77	11.2
Lignoceric acid (C24:0)	0.00	0.0	0.01	0.1	0.04	0.6	0.10	1.4	0.15	2.2
Unidentified FA	0.21	6.2	0.26	3.8	0.32	4.6	0.45	6.4	0.37	5.4