Table 3.
Fatty acid profiling of mammary gland tissue treated with MNU and β-Sitosterol
| S no. | Type of fatty acid | Control | MNU (47 mg/kg) | β-sitosterol (10 mg/kg) | β-sitosterol (20 mg/kg) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Saturated | Unsaturated | |||||
| 1 | C4:00 | Butanoic acid | 0.01 | - | - | - | |
| 2 | C6:00 | Hexanoic acid | 0.04 | 0.02 | - | - | |
| 3 | C8:00 | Octanoic acid | 0.80 | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.31 | |
| 4 | C10:0 | Decanoic acid | - | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |
| 5 | C11:0 | Undecanoic acid | 4.65 | 2.34 | 1.64 | 1.62 | |
| 6 | C12:0 | Dodecanoic acid | 18.08 | 10.47 | 7.94 | 6.92 | |
| 7 | C13:0 | Tridecanoic acid | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |
| 8 | C14:0 | Tetradecanoic acid | 6.52 | 3.36 | 2.30 | 3.90 | |
| 9 | C14:1 | Myristoleic acid(ω-3) | 27.68 | 16.14 | 13.35 | 10.83 | |
| 10 | C15:0 | Pentadecanoic acid | 1.98 | 1.06 | 0.96 | 0.18 | |
| 11 | C17:1 | Heptadecanoic acid | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.06 | |
| 12 | C18:0 | Octadecanoic acid | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | C18:1 | Oleic acid(ω-9) | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
| 14 | C18:2 | Linoleic acid (ω-6) | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| Total fatty acid | 59.94 | 34.09 | 26.88 | 24.64 | |||
| Saturated fatty acid | 32.24 | 17.89 | 13.5 | 13.76 | |||
| Unsaturated fatty acid | 27.7 | 16.2 | 13.38 | 10.88 | |||