Table 4.

Fatty acid profile of bulk milk and related cheeses obtained from the control and the experimental group

Items	Milk1)			Cheese1)
	CG	ZG	p value	CG	ZG	p value
C4:0	2.27±0.18	2.56±0.21	ns	2.31±0.20	1.94±0.17	ns
C6:0	2.11±0.17	2.31±0.19	ns	1.86±0.16	1.63±0.14	ns
C8:0	1.36±0.12	1.66±0.14	ns	1.62±0.14	1.33±0.12	ns
C10:0	2.13±0.18	2.02±0.16	ns	2.55±0.22	2.64±0.22	ns
C12:0	4.01±0.29	3.68±0.27	ns	3.81±0.31	3.83±0.33	ns
C14:0	13.32±1.07	11.93±0.98	ns	12.66±0.96	11.91±0.97	ns
C14:1	1.43±0.13	1.78±0.16	ns	1.65±0.15	2.05±0.18	ns
C15:0	1.30±0.11	1.56±0.12	ns	1.57±0.13	1.44±0.12	ns
C16:0	39.27±2.88	34.48±2.66	ns	40.32±3.07	36.17±2.91	ns
C16:1	1.84±0.16	2.31±0.21	ns	1.71±0.15	1.97±0.16	ns
C17:0	0.55±0.05	0.59±0.05	ns	0.68±0.06	0.71±0.07	ns
C18:0	7.41±0.59	6.42±0.61	ns	8.75±0.76	8.19±0.65	ns
C18:1 trans11	0.45±0.04	0.81±0.07	**	0.35±0.04	0.76±0.08	**
C18:1 cis9	19.47±1.12	23.07±1.89	*	16.72±1.41	21.14±1.94	**
C18:1 cis11	0.36±0.03	0.51±0.05	ns	0.45±0.04	0.53±0.05	ns
C18:2	1.74±0.15	2.79±0.22	**	1.97±0.16	2.37±0.19	*
C18:3	0.51±0.05	0.63±0.06	ns	0.52±0.05	0.68±0.07	ns
CLA	0.29±0.03	0.56±0.05	**	0.34±0.04	0.54±0.05	*
C20:4	0.18±0.02	0.23±0.02	ns	0.16±0.02	0.17±0.02	ns
MUFA	23.55±1.92	28.58±2.24	*	20.88±1.31	26.45±2.08	**
PUFA	2.72±0.21	4.21±0.32	**	2.99±0.23	3.76±0.31	*
SFA	73.73±5.86	67.21±4.91	ns	76.13±5.92	69.79±4.77	ns
Atherogenic index	3.68±0.31	2.64±0.24	*	3.97±0.33	2.90±0.25	*
Thrombogenic index	4.16±0.35	3.01±0.27	*	4.59±0.42	3.36±0.30	*
Desaturation index	0.10±0.01	0.13±0.01	*	0.12±0.01	0.15±0.01	*

Data are reported as mean (%)±standard deviation.

ns, not significant; CLA, rumenic acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid.

¹⁾CG, control group; ZG, zinc group.

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01.