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. 2009 Jun 10;8(3):107–112. doi: 10.1007/s12522-009-0020-2

Table 3.

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

Fatty acid Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13
Palmitic 0.34 ± 0.03c 0.65 ± 0.00c 2.60 ± 0.31ab 2.40 ± 0.31b 2.72 ± 0.16ab 3.76 ± 0.33a 2.99 ± 0.15ab
Palmitoleic ND 0.18 ± 0.05 0.68 ± 0.08 1.08 ± 0.36 1.26 ± 0.16 1.00 ± 0.17 0.85 ± 0.11
Stearic 0.23 ± 0.01c 0.44 ± 0.01c 1.91 ± 0.14b 1.76 ± 0.22b 2.26 ± 0.04ab 2.88 ± 0.23a 2.35 ± 0.07ab
Oleic ND ND 0.39 ± 0.05 ND 0.56 ± 0.10 ND 0.69 ± 0.04
Linoleic ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.29 ± 0.08
Total fatty acid 1.76 ± 0.22b 2.52 ± 0.07b 10.32 ± 2.33ab 12.10 ± 2.60a 13.69 ± 0.82a 17.57 ± 1.85a 15.75 ± 0.60a

Values are expressed as × 10−2 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