FIG 5 .

Fatty acid profile (molar percentage) of the GI contents of mice fed diets containing either coconut oil or beef tallow, a diet containing both coconut oil and beef tallow, or a standard diet (AIN-93G). To determine the effect of dietary coconut oil and beef tallow on the fatty acid composition of the GI contents, mice were fed diets containing coconut oil or beef tallow (30%), a diet containing both (12% coconut oil and 18% beef tallow), or AIN-93G. Organ contents were harvested from throughout the GI tract, and the fatty acid profiles of these samples, as well as of the original diets, were determined by gas chromatography and expressed as molar percentages. Data represent the averages for three mice per diet.