Table 3.
Fatty acid analysis of rodent diets substituted with apple pomace (10% g/kg).
| Measurements | Treatments 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIN | AIN/AP | Western | Western/AP | p-Value | |
| SFAs | |||||
| Palmitic acid (16:0) | 11.36 ± 0.09 c | 11.14 ± 0.15 c | 32.19 ± 0.03 b | 32.92 ± 0.30 a | <0.0001 |
| Stearic acid (18:0) | 3.56 ± 0.25 b | 3.72 ± 0.06 b | 9.94 ± 0.11 a | 10.24 ± 0.06 a | <0.0001 |
| MUFAs | |||||
| Palmitoleic acid (16:1n-7) | 0 ± 0.00 b | 0 ± 0.00 b | 1.44 ± 0.01 a | 1.44 ± 0.02 a | <0.0001 |
| Oleic acid (18:1n-9) | 19.09 ± 0.10 b | 18.35 ± 0.33 b | 22.96 ± 0.11 a | 22.95 ± 0.17 a | <0.0001 |
| PUFAs | |||||
| Linoleic acid (18:2 n-6) | 50.12 ± 0.55 a | 51.41 ± 2.41 a | 6.99 ± 0.09 b | 7.04 ± 0.06 b | <0.0001 |
| α-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3) | 7.08 ± 0.13 a | 7.13 ± 0.70 a | 1.04 ± 0.01 b | 1.05 ± 0.02 b | <0.0001 |
| Arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6) | 0 ± 0.00 b | 0 ± 0.00 b | 0.13 ± 0.00 a | 0.14 ± 0.00 a | <0.0001 |
Values expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM, n = 5 samples/group). Different superscript letters a, b, and c within. The same row indicates significant difference at p < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. Abbreviations: MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs, polyunsaturated fatty, acids; SFAs, saturated fatty acids.