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. 2019 Feb 22;9(2):68. doi: 10.3390/ani9020068

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition (g/100 g of total fatty acids) of milk as affected by pasture type and supplement level; n = 12 1.

Fatty Acid Pasture Type Supplement Level SEM p-Value
PAST1 PAST2 HIGH LOW P S
C4:0 4.66 4.54 4.62 4.58 0.036 0.148 0.531
C6:0 2.71 2.64 2.69 2.66 0.025 0.174 0.519
C8:0 1.46 1.42 1.45 1.43 0.014 0.183 0.541
C10:0 2.83 2.78 2.81 2.80 0.013 0.101 0.669
C10:1 0.22 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.003 <0.001 0.798
C12:0 2.97 2.93 2.95 2.96 0.006 0.013 0.588
C13:0 0.16 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.008 0.343 0.343
iso-C14:0 0.20 0.23 0.20 0.23 0.003 0.002 0.002
C14:0 10.00 9.95 9.93 10.02 0.018 0.137 0.048
iso-C15:0 0.40 0.47 0.41 0.46 0.004 <0.001 <0.001
anteiso-C15:0 0.88 0.98 0.91 0.96 0.016 0.010 0.158
C14:1 c9 0.69 0.63 0.66 0.66 0.022 0.178 0.940
C15:0 1.39 1.45 1.37 1.48 0.014 0.064 0.003
iso-C16:0 0.41 0.49 0.43 0.47 0.005 <0.001 0.007
C16:0 24.97 24.75 24.79 24.93 0.024 0.001 0.021
C16:1 c7 0.23 0.24 0.22 0.24 0.005 0.307 0.058
iso-C17:0 0.55 0.56 0.55 0.56 0.003 0.624 0.163
C16:1 c9 1.38 1.48 1.40 1.46 0.033 0.192 0.414
anteiso-C17:0 0.72 0.80 0.73 0.80 0.007 <0.001 0.001
Phytanic 0.31 0.33 0.30 0.34 0.009 0.206 0.061
C17:0 0.87 1.09 0.95 1.01 0.015 <0.001 0.057
iso-C18:0 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.003 0.003 0.081
C17:1 0.24 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.001 0.161 <0.001
C18:0 10.89 10.82 11.05 10.66 0.017 0.076 <0.001
C18:1 t6-8-9-10 0.34 0.29 0.43 0.21 0.055 0.630 0.079
C18:1 t11 3.03 3.01 2.97 3.07 0.005 0.086 <0.001
C18:1 c9 19.38 19.26 19.76 18.88 0.030 0.075 <0.001
C18:1 t15 0.22 0.15 0.17 0.20 0.017 0.104 0.360
C18:1 c11 0.50 0.59 0.67 0.42 0.034 0.106 0.007
C18:1 c12 0.20 0.25 0.25 0.20 0.005 0.001 0.002
C18:1 c14 + t16 0.55 0.19 0.37 0.37 0.041 0.002 0.945
C18:1 t12 + t13 + t14 0.04 0.13 0.05 0.12 0.016 0.025 0.074
C18:2 t11,c15 0.81 0.79 0.68 0.92 0.028 0.792 0.002
C18:2 c9,c12 2.00 2.02 1.90 2.13 0.063 0.948 0.104
C20:0 0.23 0.35 0.26 0.31 0.011 <0.001 0.048
C18:3 c9,c12,c15 1.09 1.08 1.03 1.15 0.002 0.096 <0.001
C18:2 c9,t11 1.36 1.35 1.35 1.36 0.002 0.082 0.039
C18:2 CLA 2 0.46 0.64 0.44 0.66 0.042 0.059 0.029
C20:4 c5,c8,c11,c14 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.10 0.003 0.133 <0.001
Phytanic SRR/RRR 3 0.428 0.433 0.401 0.460 0.019 0.893 0.158
SFA 66.86 66.98 66.82 67.02 0.073 0.433 0.219
MUFA 27.13 26.79 27.51 26.41 0.041 0.003 <0.001
PUFA 6.02 6.23 5.67 6.58 0.052 0.066 <0.001

SEM: standard error of the mean; P: pasture type; S: supplement level; CLA: conjugated linoleic acid; SFA: saturated FA; MUFA: monounsaturated FA; PUFA: polyunsaturated FA; c: cis; t: trans. 1 Fatty acids detected at <0.1% of total lipids are not reported; 2 This peak can include t7,c9 and t8,c10 according to Collomb et al. [40] and Kramer et al. [41], C18:2 c9,t11 is excluded; 3 Ratio between diastereomers of phytanic, 3S,7R,11R,15 and 3R,7R,11R,15.