Table 2.

Fatty acid content of diets

Fatty acid	Low ALA diet (weight %)	Adequate ALA diet (weight %)
Lauric acid (12:0)	36.06 ± 0.80	35.29 ± 1.61
Myristic acid (14:0)	17.90 ± 0.17	16.64 ± 0.15
Palmitic acid (16:0)	11.35 ± 0.09	10.90 ± 0.19
Stearic acid (18:0)	12.06 ± 0.07	11.71 ± 0.20
Oleic acid (18:1n9)	3.85 ± 0.06	4.47 ± 0.16
Vaccenic acid (18:1n7)	0.26 ± 0.00	0.27 ± 0.01
Linoleic acid (18:2n6)	18.19 ± 0.47	17.19 ± 0.68
γ-Linolenic acid (18:3n6)	N.D.	0.07 ± 0.06
Arachidonic acid (20:4n6)	N.D.	N.D.
α-Linolenic acid (18:3n3)	0.04 ± 0.04	3.08 ± 0.15
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3)	N.D.	N.D.

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3)

N.D. not detected