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Table 2. Fatty acid profile (% mol) in the liver of mice fed an ALA enriched diet either alone or in combination with Bifidobacterium breve NCIMB 702258 or B. breve DPC 6330 or an unsupplemented diet for 6 weeks.

Fatty acid	CON		ALA-CON		ALA +NCIMB 702258		ALA +DPC 6330
	n = 9		n = 9		n = 8		n = 9
	mol %		mol %		mol %		mol %
SFA	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
8:0	1.95^a	0.53	2.78^b	0.89	3.82^c	0.74	2.27^b,c	1.01
10:0	0.63^a	0.21	0.75^a	0.23	1.49^b	0.40	0.91^a	0.49
12:0	0.40^a	0.17	0.47^a	0.12	0.81^b	0.16	0.47^a	0.16
14:0	0.65^a	0.17	0.65^a	0.20	1.07^b	0.23	0.65^a	0.25
15:0	0.42	0.24	0.41	0.14	0.61	0.32	0.54	0.28
16:0	29.10	5.44	25.98	5.64	28.54	1.90	28.82	1.10
18:0	12.43^a,b	2.06	14.43^a	4.06	11.94^a,b	0.89	10.96^b	1.65
Total SFA	45.58	4.36	45.47	2.63	48.29	3.71	44.62	2.28
PUFA
16:1t	5.32	1.01	6.37	3.62	ND	ND	ND	ND
18:1	19.87	2.93	19.25	5.45	16.14	1.02	16.43	1.92
18:2	13.19^a,b	1.67	11.83^a	2.44	13.83^a,b	1.66	15.10^b	0.93
18:3n-3	0.46^a	0.06	3.62^b	0.43	3.33^b	0.36	3.54^b	0.35
18:3n-6	0.27	0.05	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
18:4	0.04^a	0.01	0.13^b	0.02	0.14^b	0.03	0.13^b	0.02
20:3n-6	0.82	0.13	0.94	0.22	1.18	0.16	1.32	0.15
20:3n-9	0.07	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.07	0.02	0.06	0.01
20:4	10.18^a	1.30	5.78^b	1.55	6.12^a,b	0.99	6.90^a,b	0.96
20:5	0.29^a	0.09	1.95^b	0.52	2.63^a	0.40	2.92^a	0.46
22:5	0.05	0.01	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
22:5n-3	0.75	0.47	1.07	0.27	1.30	0.25	1.40	0.47
22:4	0.14^a	0.03	0.05^b	0.01	0.06^a,b	0.03	0.06^a,b	0.01
22:6	7.64^a	0.83	6.45^b	1.39	8.05^a	1.02	8.79^a	0.96
n-3 PUFA score	41.47^a	1.38	55.46^b	5.43	59.05^b	2.26	58.46^b	2.22
Peroxisomal β-oxidation	93.96^a	18.09	84.22^a	12.40	153.75^b	52.47	226.18^b	159.85
Total hydroperoxides	0.07	0.02	0.10	0.08	0.05	0.02	0.05	0.01
CD16:3	0.005	0.004	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.003	0.010	0.010
CD16:2	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.01
CD 18:3 (CNLA)	0.06^a	0.02	0.06^a	0.02	0.03^b	0.01	0.02^b	0.004
CLA 9,11	0.04^a	0.01	0.04^a	0.01	0.03^b	0.02	0.03^b	0.01

SFA, saturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; CD, conjugated diene; CNLA, conjugated α-linolenic acid; CLA, conjugated linoleic acid; ND, not detected. ^a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05 ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey’s multiple comparison test).