Table 2.
Fatty acid and lipid fraction composition of the diets 1. Results expressed as % total fatty acids.
| Fatty Acid Composition | SO | SA | PO | PFAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C12:0 | - | - | - | 0.41 |
| C14:0 | - | - | 0.81 | 0.95 |
| C16:0 | 11.82 | 12.70 | 34.59 | 36.42 |
| C16:1n7 | - | 0.21 | - | - |
| C18:0 | 4.04 | 3.84 | 4.00 | 4.11 |
| C18:1n9 | 23.21 | 28.88 | 34.79 | 33.70 |
| C18:1n7 | 1.26 | 1.08 | 0.80 | 0.77 |
| C18:2n6 | 51.59 | 48.38 | 22.76 | 21.53 |
| C18:3n3 | 6.92 | 2.64 | 1.50 | 1.48 |
| C20:0 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 0.41 |
| C20:1n9 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| C22:0 | 0.49 | 0.93 | 0.10 | - |
| C24:0 | - | 0.46 | - | - |
| SFA | 16.75 | 18.55 | 39.93 | 42.31 |
| MUFA | 23.48 | 29.36 | 35.01 | 33.91 |
| PUFA | 58.51 | 51.01 | 24.26 | 23.01 |
| UFA: SFA | 4.90 | 4.33 | 1.48 | 1.35 |
| FFA | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 |
1 Fatty acid determination by direct transesterification [35]; fatty acid quantification by gas chromatography (HP 6890 Series II GC System with Flame Ion Detection (FID), Agilent Technologies). SFA: saturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; UFA: unsaturated fatty acid; FFA: free fatty acid. The symbol “-” indicates a non-quantifiable value.