Table 2.

Fatty acid profile of adipocytes

Fatty acid (%)1	Control	Heat stress	SEM	P value
C12:0 (lauric acid)	0.23	0.33	0.03	0.415
C14:0 (myristic acid)	1.88	2.06	0.04	0.004
C16:0 (palmitic acid)	29.82	38.92	0.91	<0.001
C16:1 (palmitoleic acid)	17.05	7.28	1.76	<0.001
C18:0 (stearic acid)	16.23	18.42	1.42	0.991
C18:1n9c (oleic acid)	25.94	20.27	1.11	0.885
C18:2n6c (linoleic acid)	3.17	1.92	0.41	0.030
C18:3n6c (γ-linolenic acid)	0.02	0.01	0.003	0.126
C20:1n9 cis-11-eicosenoic acid (gadoleic acid)	1.81	7.48	0.67	<0.001
C22:0 (behenic acid)	0.27	0.22	0.03	0.121
C20:5n3 (eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA)	0.40	0.34	0.02	0.010
C24:0 (lignoceric acid)	0.53	0.38	0.05	0.006
C22:6n3 (docosahexaenoic acid, DHA)	2.66	2.81	0.06	0.402
Total SFA	48.96	60.33	1.58	<0.001
Total MUFA	44.80	35.03	1.48	<0.001
Total PUFA	6.25	5.08	0.52	0.421
MUFA/SFA	0.92	0.58	0.03	<0.001
PUFA/SFA	0.13	0.08	0.01	0.077

MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acid; SFA = saturated fatty acid.

¹Individual fatty acids are expressed as percentages of the total.