. 2020 Apr 16;15(4):e0231516. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231516

Table 8. The effect of herbal mixture on fatty acid proportions (g/100 g FA) in the longissimus dorsi muscle of lambs with H. contortus infection.

Fatty acids, g/100 g FA	CN^a	CI^a	M1I^a	M2I^a	SEM	P value
Saturated
C8:0	0.10	0.12	0.15	0.25	0.02	0.08
C10:0	0.10	0.19	0.15	0.32	0.04	0.20
C12:0	0.61	0.85	0.65	0.71	0.07	0.64
C13:0	0.26	0.90	0.29	0.78	0.13	0.16
C14:0	1.05	1.00	0.68	0.62	0.09	0.28
C15:0	0.32	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.03	0.22
C16:0	17.7^a	16.5^a ^b	14.2^a ^b	13.7^b	0.58	0.03
C17:0	0.87	0.54	0.46	0.43	0.08	0.13
C18:0	18.1	15.5	15.5	14.4	0.76	0.36
Monounsaturated
C14:1	0.19	0.25	0.12	0.13	0.03	0.31
C15:1	0.98	1.01	1.05	1.58	0.11	0.17
C16:1	1.01	0.97	0.85	0.79	0.05	0.41
C17:1	1.05	0.89	0.93	1.37	0.08	0.16
*C18:1 trans-6-8*	0.45	0.38	0.40	0.44	0.05	0.95
*C18:1 trans-9*	0.66	0.76	0.61	0.87	0.06	0.44
*C18:1 trans-10*	0.76	0.79	0.51	0.53	0.08	0.46
*C18:1 trans-11*	0.62	0.62	0.66	0.47	0.07	0.81
*C18:1 cis-9*	24.2	21.4	20.5	22.5	0.86	0.50
*C18:1 cis-11*	1.49	1.52	1.53	1.44	0.04	0.89
*C18:1 cis-12*	0.16	0.15	0.19	0.17	0.03	0.97
*C18:1 cis-13*	0.12	0.10	0.12	0.12	0.01	0.93
*C18:1 cis-14*	0.13	0.25	0.17	0.16	0.03	0.57
Polyunsaturated
C18:2c9c12	13.4	13.8	16.3	15.2	0.84	0.63
*C18:3 cis-9 cis-12 cis-15 (ALA)*^b	1.26	1.24	1.47	1.16	0.08	0.67
*C18:2 cis-9 trans-11(RA/CLA)*^c	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.02	0.98
*C18:2 trans-10 cis-12*	0.25	0.24	0.33	0.25	0.02	0.52
C18:3n6	0.16	0.15	0.09	0.16	0.02	0.36
C20:2	0.43	0.36	0.40	0.69	0.05	0.08
C20:3n6	3.47	3.20	4.42	5.04	0.30	0.09
C20:4n6	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.12	0.01	0.82
C20:5n3 (EPA)^d	0.59^b	0.65^a ^b	1.11^a	0.98^a ^b	0.07	0.02
C22:2	0.13	0.20	0.28	0.28	0.03	0.20
C22:5n3 (DPA)^e	0.68	1.62	1.52	2.17	0.25	0.18
C22:6n3 (DHA)^f	0.30	0.42	0.25	0.37	0.03	0.19
SFA^g	44.7	46.5	43.4	39.7	1.16	0.22
UFA^h	55.2	53.5	56.6	60.3	1.16	0.22
MUFAⁱ	34.4	31.4	30.3	33.7	0.86	0.30
PUFA^j	20.8	22.1	26.4	26.6	1.14	0.18
n6 FA	17.4	17.6	21.4	21.0	1.00	0.36
n3 FA	2.83	3.94	4.35	4.68	0.29	0.09
n6/n3	5.99	5.01	5.12	4.59	0.33	0.52
MCFA^k	22.1^a	21.6^a	18.1^b	18.5^b	0.60	0.01
LCFA^l	77.7^a ^b	78.1^b	81.6^a	80.9^a	0.58	0.02
Desaturation index
DI (16:1/16)	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.00	1.00
DI (18:1/18)	0.43	0.42	0.43	0.39	0.01	0.70
DI (MUFA/SFA)	0.44	0.40	0.41	0.46	0.01	0.26
DI (20:4 n6/20:3 n6)	0.66	0.75	0.73	0.66	0.03	0.43
DI (20:4 n6/18:3 n6)	0.33^b	0.40^a ^b	0.58^a	0.38^b	0.03	0.03
DI (22:6 n3/22:5 n3)	0.45	0.43	0.21	0.20	0.05	0.14
Thrombogenic index	0.15	0.28	0.26	0.19	0.03	0.38
Atherogenicity index	0.69	1.07	0.96	0.72	0.08	0.31

Within each row, means with lower case superscripts (a–c) indicate significant differences at P < 0.05; SEM, standard error of the mean.

^a Control non-infected, CN; Control infected, CI; Mix1 infected, M1I; Mix2 infected, M2I.

^b ALA, [α]-Linolenic acid.

^c RA/CLA, Rumenic acid/Conjugated linoleic acid.

^d EPA, Eicosapentaenoic acid.

^e DPA, Docosapentaenoic acid.

^f DHA, Docosahexaenoic acid.

^g SFA, Saturated fatty acids.

^h UFA, Unsaturated fatty acids.

ⁱ MUFA, Monounsaturated fatty acids.

^j PUFA, Polyunsaturated fatty acids.

^k MCFA, Medium chain fatty acids.

^l LCFA, Long chain fatty acids.