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. 2020 May 19;8(7):3617–3625. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.1644

TABLE 5.

Plasma fatty acid composition (mg/100 ml) of experimental rats from different treatment groups after 4 and 8 weeks of feeding

Fatty acid composition (g/100 ml) plasma Treatments SEM d Effects
4 weeks 8 weeks
CON a Olive50 b Olive100 c CON a Olive50 b Olive100 c Period (P) Oil (O) P × O
C12:0 lauric acid 3.72 1.28 0.39 4.83 1.18 0.51 0.25 N.S. *** N.S.
C14:0 myristic acid 8.83 4.85 3.31 12.99 7.95 4.40 0.507 *** *** N.S.
C14:1 myristoleic acid 0.45 0.21 0.19 0.75 0.36 0.15 0.035 ** *** *
C16:0 palmitic acid 86.76 88.13 104.52 108.96 143.38 132.35 4.948 ** N.S. N.S.
C16:1 palmitoleic acid 15.56 10.83 11.11 32.99 25.81 18.26 1.377 *** ** N.S.
C18:0 stearic acid 34.60 42.85 55.08 44.34 65.06 62.50 2.623 ** ** N.S.
C18:1 n −9 oleic acid 96.76 117.86 146.38 136.11 256.35 275.20 12.104 *** *** *
C18:2 n −6 linoleic acid 40.70 42.45 47.60 32.73 44.95 43.22 1.794 N.S. N.S. N.S.
C18:3 n −3 linolenic acid 0.91 1.04 1.28 0.54 0.74 0.82 0.052 *** * N.S.
C20:0 arachidic acid 0.34 0.65 0.45 0.44 0.61 0.43 0.038 N.S. * N.S.
C20:1 0.68 0.97 1.13 1.46 2.71 3.01 0.153 *** ** N.S.
C20:2 0.21 0.25 0.21 0.34 0.47 0.48 0.024 *** N.S. N.S.
C20:3 4.53 5.54 5.49 14.81 15.80 12.09 0.757 *** N.S. N.S.
C20:4 arachidonic acid 89.32 112.25 150.76 89.80 134.53 137.00 5.184 N.S. *** N.S.
C20:5 eicosapentaenoic acid 0.64 0.66 1.39 0.48 1.06 1.36 0.074 N.S. *** N.S.
C22:0 0.21 0.28 0.13 1.28 0.74 0.34 0.081 *** ** *
C22:1 2.84 4.19 2.91 2.82 3.05 3.23 0.219 N.S. N.S. N.S.
C24:0 0.31 0.62 0.60 0.50 0.74 0.79 0.055 N.S. * N.S.
C24:1 0.22 0.41 0.48 0.27 0.58 0.95 0.071 N.S. * N.S.
C22:6 docosahexaenoic acid 9.78 13.79 19.83 8.40 15.70 17.80 0.742 N.S. *** N.S.
Total SFA 134.77 138.66 164.48 173.34 219.66 201.32
Total MUFA 116.51 134.47 162.20 174.40 288.86 300.80
Total PUFA 146.09 175.98 226.56 147.10 213.25 212.77
Total 397.37 449.11 553.24 494.84 721.77 714.89

Abbreviation: N.S., Nonsignificant.

a

Control.

b

5% coconut oil + 5% olive oil.

c

10% olive oil.

d

Standard error of means.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .001.

***

p < .0001.