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. 2018 Oct 15;97(1):291–301. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky398

Table 5.

Fatty acid flows (mg/kg DMI) in feces of growing pigs fed control, flaxseed meal, and oat hulls diets (n = 8)

Item Diet1 SEM P
Control FM OH
Saturated fatty acids
Capric (C10:0) 0.4b 0.1b 1.2a 0.19 0.022
Lauric (C12:0) 5.3b 9.8b 15.8a 1.48 <0.001
Myristic (C14:0) 73c 138b 219a 14.95 <0.001
Pentadecyclic (C15:0) 167b 271b 481a 36.12 <0.001
Palmitic acid (C16:0) 1,351b 1,850b 3,704a 242.1 <0.001
Margaric (C17:0) 98b 144b 270a 21.42 <0.001
Stearic (C18:0) 5,059b 7,252b 13,081a 754 <0.001
Arachidic (C20:0) 97c 146b 228a 13.53 <0.001
Behenic (C22:0) 36.9c 58.8b 95.2a 5.46 <0.001
Lignoceric (C24:0) 43.6b 62.0b 113.8a 6.82 <0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids
Palmitoleic (C16:1n-7) 1.4b 2.2b 3.8a 0.35 <0.001
Palmitelaidic (C16:1t) 2.4b 3.7b 5.6a 0.60 0.004
Oleic (C18:1n-9) 1,101b 1,615b 3,119a 235.3 <0.001
Vaccenic (C18:1n-7) 101b 229ab 375a 54.56 0.010
Gadoleic (C20:1) 11.1 9.4 18.1 3.87 0.278
Nervonic (C24:1n-9) 2.0b 3.2b 6.5a 0.63 <0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Linoleic (C18:2) 193b 338b 544a 50.81 <0.001
Linolenic (C18:3n-6) -0.2 7.3 0.4 3.75 0.298
α-Linolenic (C18:3n-3) 24.6b 89.2a 42.2b 6.82 <0.001
Eicosadienoic (C20:2) 1.5 0.8 1.8 0.59 0.463
Eicosatrienoic (20:3n-3) 0.2b 0.4b 1.9a 0.46 0.039
Arachidonic (C20:4n-6) 1.3b 1.9ab 2.8a 0.30 0.014
Eicosapentaenoic (C20:5n-3) 1.3b 2.1b 4.1a 0.47 0.001
Erucic (C22:1n-9) 2.4c 5.7b 9.3a 0.99 <0.001
Docosatetraenoic (C22:4n-6) 60b 86b 131a 13.56 0.007
Osbond (C22:5n-6) 16.7b 13.3b 39.1a 6.15 0.015

a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

1FM = flaxseed meal-containing diet; OH = Oat hulls-containing diet.