Table 5.
Finola | Futura | Statistical evaluationa | ||||
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Fatty acids | Abbreviation | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Miristic | C14:0 | 0.04 | 0.001 | 0.10 | 0.006 | <0.001 |
Miristoleic | C14:1 | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.06 | 0.000 | <0.001 |
Pentadecanoic | C15:0 | 6.08 | 0.040 | 0.02 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Palmitic | C16:0 | 0.10 | 0.006 | 6.40 | 0.090 | <0.001 |
Palmitoleic | C16:1 | ndc | nd | 0.15 | 0.006 | <0.001 |
Eptadecanoic | C17:0 | 0.06 | 0.006 | 0.05 | 0.006 | nsb |
Cis-10 eptadecanoic | C17:1 | 0.01 | 0.001 | nd | nd | <0.001 |
Stearic | C18:0 | 2.18 | 0.220 | 2.91 | 0.006 | ns |
Elaidic | C18:1ω9t | nd | nd | 0.01 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Oleic | C18:1ω9c | 9.41 | 0.020 | 11.50 | 0.015 | <0.001 |
Linolelaidic | C18:2ω6t | nd | nd | nd | nd | ns |
Linoleic | C18:2ω6c | 57.69 | 0.135 | 57.22 | 0.090 | ns |
Arachic | C20:0 | 0.86 | 0.006 | 0.79 | 0.015 | 0.00176 |
γ-Linolenic | C18:3ω6 | 4.22 | 0.025 | 1.86 | 0.006 | <0.001 |
Cis-11-eicosenoic | C20:1 | 9.26 | 0.875 | 0.37 | 0.006 | <0.001 |
Linolenic | C18:3ω3 | 9.96 | 0.915 | 18.42 | 0.035 | <0.001 |
Eneicosanoic | C21:0 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.0001 | ns |
Cis-11,14-eicosenoic | C20:2 | 0.07 | 0.006 | 0.04 | 0.010 | 0.0161 |
Cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic | C20:3ω6 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Erucic | C22:1ω9 | nd | nd | 0.02 | 0.002 | <0.001 |
Cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic | C20:3ω3 | nd | nd | 0.01 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Arachidonic | C20:4ω6 | nd | nd | 0.04 | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Cis-13,16- docosadienoic | C22:2 | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.000 | ns |
Cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentanoic | C20:5ω3 | 0.02 | 0.005 | nd | nd | <0.001 |
Nervonic | C24:1 | 0.02 | 0.006 | 0.03 | 0.000 | 0.0104 |
Saturated fatty acids (SFA) | 9.33 | 0.195 | 10.27 | 0.080 | 0.005 | |
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) | 18.70 | 0.890 | 12.13 | 0.015 | <0.001 | |
Poliunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) | 71.98 | 1.085 | 77.61 | 0.065 | 0.0021 | |
Omega-3 (ω3) | 9.97 | 0.920 | 18.43 | 0.035 | <0.001 | |
Omega-6 (ω6) | 62.01 | 0.165 | 59.18 | 0.100 | 0.0028 | |
ω6/ω3 | 6.25 | 0.56 | 3.21 | 0.01 | <0.001 |
Fatty acid contents are expressed as means ± SD (n = 3, independent biological replicates); aThe statistical significance, tested by t-test (two-tailed distribution) p-value less than 0.05, was considered statistically significant; bnd, not detected; cns, not significant.