Table 1.
Fatty acid composition in fat extracted from cheeses (% of total fatty acids).
| Fatty Acid | Cow Cheeses | Sheep Cheeses | Goat Cheeses | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Mean | ±SD | Min–Max | Mean | ± SD | Min–Max | Mean | ±SD | Min–Max | |
| C4:0 | 3.04 a | 0.40 | 2.19–3.34 | 2.83 a | 0.41 | 2.49–3.39 | 2.17 b | 0.86 | 1.13–3.62 |
| C6:0 | 2.06 b | 0.33 | 1.83–2.31 | 2.42 a | 0.32 | 1.69–2.26 | 2.29 a | 0.32 | 1.79–2.80 |
| C8:0 | 1.31 b | 0.11 | 1.05–1.40 | 2.33 a | 0.48 | 1.51–2.78 | 2.39 a | 0.57 | 1.54–3.09 |
| C10:0 | 2.97 b | 0.12 | 2.80–3.18 | 7.14 a | 1.73 | 3.52–8.64 | 7.95 a | 2.81 | 3.78–10.90 |
| C10:1 | 0.30 a | 0.02 | 0.27–0.32 | 0.27 a | 0.03 | 0.24–0.33 | 0.30 a | 0.10 | 0.19–0.49 |
| C11:0 | 0.05 c | 0.01 | 0.04–0.06 | 0.08 b | 0.02 | 0.04–0.10 | 0.11 a | 0.01 | 0.09–0.13 |
| C12:0 | 3.22 c | 0.52 | 1.86–3.58 | 4.40 b | 0.52 | 3.25–4.99 | 5.19 a | 0.78 | 4.34–6.44 |
| C12:1 | 0.04 a | 0.00 | 0.04–0.05 | 0.04 a | 0.01 | 0.02–0.06 | 0.03 b | 0.01 | 0.02–0.04 |
| C13:0 iso | 0.07 a | 0.00 | 0.07–0.08 | 0.04 b | 0.01 | 0.03–0.08 | 0.07 a | 0.03 | 0.03–0.13 |
| C13:0 | 0.10 b | 0.01 | 0.08–0.12 | 0.09 b | 0.03 | 0.06–0.15 | 0.13 a | 0.03 | 0.07–0.18 |
| C14:0 iso | 0.20 a | 0.08 | 0.11–0.28 | 0.14 a | 0.05 | 0.10–0.26 | 0.11 a | 0.02 | 0.09–0.15 |
| C14:0 | 11.39 a | 0.27 | 11.03–11.67 | 11.48 a | 0.90 | 10.37–12.66 | 11.86 a | 1.38 | 9.66–14.72 |
| C15:0 iso | 0.43 a | 0.12 | 0.28–0.55 | 0.30 a | 0.08 | 0.23–0.48 | 0.22 a | 0.04 | 0.17–0.29 |
| C15:0 aiso | 0.54 a | 0.04 | 0.50–0.62 | 0.50 a | 0.10 | 0.41–0.68 | 0.45 b | 0.12 | 0.33–0.69 |
| C14:1 | 0.97 a | 0.07 | 0.86–1.07 | 0.30 b | 0.26 | 0.16–0.98 | 0.53 b | 0.55 | 0.32–1.51 |
| C15:0 | 1.20 a | 0.05 | 1.14–1.31 | 1.11 a | 0.14 | 0.99–1.42 | 1.18 a | 0.27 | 0.86–1.68 |
| C16:0 iso | 0.31 a | 0.02 | 0.27–0.33 | 0.30 a | 0.08 | 0.25–0.49 | 0.28 a | 0.05 | 0.21–0.38 |
| C16:0 | 29.70 a | 1.03 | 27.71–31.02 | 26.75 a | 1.92 | 24.52–30.99 | 28.66 a | 1.69 | 25.26–32.56 |
| C17:0 iso | 0.43 b | 0.05 | 0.37–0.54 | 0.48 a | 0.10 | 0.37–0.60 | 0.39 b | 0.04 | 0.32–0.44 |
| C17:0 aiso | 0.23 b | 0.02 | 0.19–0.27 | 0.29 a | 0.04 | 0.24–0.36 | 0.28 a | 0.05 | 0.18–0.33 |
| C16:1 | 1.63 a | 0.20 | 1.42–2.00 | 1.01 b | 0.36 | 0.66–1.86 | 1.15 b | 0.10 | 1.63–2.16 |
| C17:0 | 0.72 a | 0.03 | 0.67–0.76 | 0.70 a | 0.09 | 0.62–0.73 | 0.70 a | 0.12 | 0.59–0.94 |
| C17:1 | 0.27 a | 0.01 | 0.26–0.29 | 0.25 a | 0.05 | 0.21–0.35 | 0.24 a | 0.03 | 0.20–0.28 |
| C18:0 | 10.55 a | 0.51 | 9.73–11.52 | 9.50 b | 0.69 | 8.30–10.43 | 8.22 c | 1.36 | 6.74–20.24 |
| trans6 − trans9 C18:1 | 0.45 a | 0.02 | 0.42–0.48 | 0.48 a | 0.07 | 0.39–0.58 | 0.45 a | 0.12 | 0.30–0.64 |
| trans10 + trans11 C18:1 | 1.81 a | 0.31 | 1.33–2.22 | 2.06 a | 0.69 | 1.19–3.69 | 1.23 b | 0.36 | 0.93–1.84 |
| trans 12 C18:1 | 0.30 a | 0.02 | 0.27–0.33 | 0.37 a | 0.09 | 0.25–0.49 | 0.30 a | 0.09 | 0.17–0.46 |
| cis9 C18:1 | 20.60 a | 0.40 | 20.12–21.19 | 18.29 b | 1.39 | 15.58–19.92 | 18.15 b | 1.45 | 16.88–21.58 |
| cis11 C18:1 | 0.73 a | 0.05 | 0.68–0.86 | 0.50 c | 0.04 | 0.45–0.56 | 0.62 b | 0.14 | 0.46–0.89 |
| cis12 C18:1 | 0.27 a | 0.04 | 0.20–0.30 | 0.32 a | 0.13 | 0.11–0.46 | 0.28 a | 0.10 | 0.18–0.46 |
| cis13 C18:1 | 0.11 b | 0.01 | 0.10–0.12 | 0.08 a | 0.01 | 0.05–0.09 | 0.07 a | 0.02 | 0.05–0.10 |
| trans16 C18:1 | 0.33 a | 0.02 | 0.28–0.35 | 0.36 a | 0.06 | 0.26–0.49 | 0.26 b | 0.06 | 0.19–0.39 |
| C19:0 | 0.19 a | 0.02 | 0.17–0.21 | 0.24 a | 0.04 | 0.21–0.35 | 0.16 c | 0.02 | 0.14–0.20 |
| cis9trans13 C18:2 | 0.19 c | 0.02 | 0.16–0.23 | 0.31 a | 0.05 | 0.27–0.43 | 0.23 b | 0.03 | 0.18–0.28 |
| cis9trans12 C18:2 | 0.18 b | 0.01 | 0.17–0.20 | 0.26 a | 0.03 | 0.22–0.32 | 0.21 b | 0.04 | 0.16–0.29 |
| trans9cis12 C18:2 | 0.03 a | 0.02 | 0.01–0.05 | 0.03 a | 0.03 | 0.01–0.09 | 0.14 a | 0.05 | 0.07–0.23 |
| trans11cis15 C18:2 | 0.22 a | 0.08 | 0.12–0.32 | 0.22 a | 0.14 | 0.06–0.50 | 0.14 b | 0.07 | 0.05–0.31 |
| cis9cis12 C18:2 | 1.55 b | 0.08 | 1.42–1.66 | 2.22 a | 0.60 | 1.00–2.81 | 2.07 a | 0.36 | 1.65–2.70 |
| C20:0 | 0.16 b | 0.01 | 0.15–0.18 | 0.25 a | 0.10 | 0.14–0.49 | 0.17 b | 0.03 | 0.12–0.22 |
| C20:1 | 0.11 a | 0.01 | 0.11–0.12 | 0.02 b | 0.03 | 0.01–0.11 | 0.05 b | 0.05 | 0.02–0.10 |
| cis9cis12cis15 C18:3 | 0.48 b | 0.11 | 0.33–0.60 | 0.56 a | 0.19 | 0.37–0.75 | 0.34 b | 0.07 | 0.22–0.51 |
| cis9trans11 C18:2 (CLA) | 0.65 a,b | 0.12 | 0.47–0.83 | 0.75 a | 0.32 | 0.49–1.51 | 0.48 b | 0.10 | 0.37–0.64 |
n—number of samples; Mean—mean value; SD—standard deviation; Min—minimum value, Max—maximum value, a,b,c—values denoted in rows by different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).