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Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of lipids in rabbit blastocysts from day 7 to 13

Fatty acid	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13
Palmitic	3.70 ± 1.39^a	3.41 ± 0.59^a	1.96 ± 0.34^ab	0.64 ± 0.05^b	0.55 ± 0.06^b	0.51 ± 0.05^b	0.49 ± 0.00^b
Palmitoleic	0.80 ± 0.50^a	0.81 ± 0.21^a	0.29 ± 0.10^b	0.14 ± 0.02^b	0.13 ± 0.01^b	0.08 ± 0.00^b	0.12 ± 0.01^b
Stearic	2.81 ± 0.95^a	2.32 ± 0.40^ab	1.30 ± 0.35^bc	0.47 ± 0.02^c	0.42 ± 0.06^c	0.36 ± 0.03^c	0.34 ± 0.01^c
Oleic	0.79 ± 0.44^a	0.72 ± 0.09^a	0.61 ± 0.09^a	0.15 ± 0.02^b	0.11 ± 0.01^b	0.09 ± 0.01^b	0.07 ± 0.01^b
Linoleic	0.43 ± 0.15^b	1.06 ± 0.06^a	1.17 ± 0.36^a	0.21 ± 0.02^b	ND	0.15 ± 0.04^b	0.09 ± 0.01^b
Total fatty acid	12.05 ± 3.42^ab	17.60 ± 2.52^a	8.15 ± 1.37^b	2.70 ± 0.29^b	2.37 ± 0.17^b	1.95 ± 0.19^b	2.05 ± 0.18^b

Values are expressed as 10⁻¹ mg/ml. Data are presented as mean ± SEM, n = 10. Values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05)

ND Not detected