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. 2017 Oct 23;7:13742. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14188-0

Table 4.

Medium-long-chain fatty acids profile and fat proportion in milk according to feeding sequence on d 141–3.

Item Feeding sequence SEM P-value
2 C LH HL
Fat and fatty acid value (%)
 C10:0 0.374 0.343 0.373 0.012 0.496
 C11:0 0.049b 0.161a 0.173a 0.014 <0.0001
 C12:0 0.470 0.464 0.464 0.007 0.939
 C14:0 4.340 4.097 4.091 0.057 0.150
 C14:1 0.346 0.327 0.362 0.012 0.486
 C15:0 0.117 0.109 0.121 0.005 0.528
 C16:0 33.64a 31.20b 29.96b 0.404 <0.001
 C16:1 12.02 10.94 11.01 0.303 0.312
 C17:0 0.312a 0.198b 0.142b 0.023 0.008
 C17:1 0.102b 0.163a 0.207a 0.011 <0.001
 C18:0 3.954 4.090 3.711 0.082 0.174
 C18:1cis 2.937a 2.362b 2.307b 0.079 <0.001
 C18:1trans 20.66b 23.84a 25.68a 0.552 <0.001
 C18:2cis, n − 6 17.04b 18.01a 17.47ab 0.186 0.113
 C18:3, n − 3 1.321 1.191 1.242 0.045 0.448
 C18:3, n − 6 0.088b 0.114a 0.125a 0.004 <0.001
 C20:0 0.105ab 0.120a 0.079b 0.006 0.022
 C20:1 0.033c 0.143b 0.245a 0.016 <0.0001
 C20:2 0.122b 0.299a 0.351a 0.022 <0.0001
 C20:3, n − 6 0.069c 0.120a 0.097b 0.006 <0.001
 C20:4, n − 6 0.392b 0.448ab 0.475a 0.012 0.020
 C22:6, n − 3 0.340a 0.289b 0.221c 0.012 0.0001
 MUFA 36.10c 37.77b 39.82a 0.367 <0.0001
 PUFA 19.37b 20.47a 19.98ab 0.215 0.127
 SFA 43.74a 41.39b 39.88b 0.455 0.002
 n − 6 17.58b 18.69a 18.16ab 0.193 0.074
 n − 3 1.839a 1.481b 1.464b 0.038 <0.0001
 Fat 6.988b 7.976a 6.854b 0.148 0.003
The ratio of fatty acids
 C18:1cis/C18:1trans 0.147a 0.099b 0.090b 0.005 <0.0001
 n − 6/n − 3 9.653b 13.46a 12.45a 0.497 0.004

a–cValues with different letters within the same row are different (P < 0.05).

12C = fed control diet at 0600 h and 1500 h a day, respectively, LH = fed low protein diet at 0600 h and high protein diet at 1500 h a day, HL = fed high protein diet at 0600 h and low protein diet at 1500 h a day, respectively.

2The percentage values are proportions of each individual fatty acid relative to the total detectable lipid in the sample.

3n = 10.