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. 2019 Nov 10;11(11):655. doi: 10.3390/toxins11110655

Table 2.

Fatty acid profiles of the total phospholipid (PL) and triglycerides (TGs) from the hepatic tissue for control and FB1-fed piglets.

Fatty Acids Hepatic Total PL (%) Hepatic Total TG (%)
Control FB1 Control FB1
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Sig. Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Sig.
C12:0 - ± - - ± - - 0.04 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 NS
C14:0 0.13 ± 0.03 0.16 ± 0.03 NS 0.35 ± 0.14 0.26 ± 0.09 NS
C15:0 0.13 ± 0.07 0.17 ± 0.11 NS 0.10 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.06 NS
C16:0 15.5 ± 0.60 15.2 ± 0.95 NS 12.3 ± 2.25 11.1 ± 0.70 NS
C16:1n-7 0.30 ± 0.07 0.38 ± 0.16 NS 0.56 ± 0.30 0.38 ± 0.14 NS
C17:0 0.72 ± 0.23 1.09 ± 0.65 NS 0.63 ± 0.22 0.88 ± 0.61 NS
C18:0 29.0 ± 0.93 29.6 ± 1.62 NS 26.6 ± 1.88 28.6 ± 1.11 *
C18:1n-9c 5.75 ± 0.54 6.48 ± 1.17 NS 8.17 ± 2.83 6.62 ± 0.92 NS
C18:2n-6c 20.6 ± 1.04 20.7 ± 0.75 NS 18.4 ± 1.77 18.0 ± 0.74 NS
C18:3n-6 0.14 ± 0.03 0.18 ± 0.05 NS 0.14 ± 0.08 0.19 ± 0.05 NS
C18:3n-3 0.21 ± 0.05 0.17 ± 0.03 NS 0.56 ± 0.28 0.40 ± 0.13 NS
C20:0 0.07 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.02 NS 0.13 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.01 NS
C20:1n-9 0.12 ± 0.02 0.12 ± 0.02 NS 0.15 ± 0.11 0.20 ± 0.08 NS
C20:2n-7 0.66 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.06 NS 0.70 ± 0.10 0.64 ± 0.05 NS
C20:3n-6 1.34 ± 0.35 1.29 ± 0.25 NS 1.29 ± 0.38 1.33 ± 0.25 NS
C20:4n-6 12.1 ± 1.36 13.4 ± 0.41 * 15.5 ± 1.66 17.9 ± 1.12 **
C20:3n-3 0.14 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.02 NS 0.21 ± 0.06 0.20 ± 0.04 NS
C20:5n-3 1.35 ± 0.55 1.37 ± 0.32 NS 1.44 ± 0.57 1.54 ± 0.26 NS
C22:0 0.03 ± 0.00 0.04 ± 0.01 NS 0.10 ± 0.09 0.05 ± 0.02 NS
C22:5n-3 3.04 ± 0.14 2.38 ± 0.29 *** 3.13 ± 0.34 2.89 ± 0.25 NS
C22:6n-3 8.34 ± 0.79 6.28 ± 1.11 * 9.03 ± 1.41 8.14 ± 0.82 NS
C24:0 0.34 ± 0.03 0.26 ± 0.04 ** 0.38 ± 0.07 0.33 ± 0.04 NS
SFA 46.0 ± 0.75 46.6 ± 0.77 NS 40.7 ± 2.73 41.6 ± 0.99 NS
UFA 54.0 ± 0.75 53.4 ± 0.77 NS 59.3 ± 2.73 58.4 ± 0.99 NS
MUFA 6.17 ± 0.59 6.89 ± 1.33 NS 8.88 ± 3.21 7.19 ± 1.10 NS
PUFA 47.8 ± 1.07 46.5 ± 1.39 * 50.4 ± 4.92 51.2 ± 1.32 NS
Omega-6 34.1 ± 0.81 35.5 ± 0.53 * 35.4 ± 3.03 37.4 ± 0.85 NS
Omega-3 13.0 ± 0.91 10.3 ± 1.35 *** 14.4 ± 2.09 13.2 ± 1.05 NS
n-6:n-3 2.62 ± 0.21 3.49 ± 0.44 *** 2.49 ± 0.23 2.86 ± 0.26 *
Odd Chain 0.85 ± 0.29 1.26 ± 0.76 NS 0.73 ± 0.26 1.00 ± 0.66 NS
UI 174.3 ± 5.43 164.8 ± 6.50 * 192.8 ± 16.4 193.3 ± 5.36 NS
ACL 18.5 ± 0.05 18.4 ± 0.08 * 18.6 ± 0.15 18.6 ± 0.06 NS

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; NS, not significant, p > 0.05; SFA, saturated fatty acids; UFA, unsaturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; n-6:n-3, omega-6:omega-3; UI, unsaturation index; ACL, average chain length.