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Detailed fat composition of each diet. Fatty acid content was determined as methyl esters by gas chromatography-mass-spectrometry after lipid extraction and derivatization (see material & methods)
| Fatty acid | Control diet (sunflower oil) [%] |
6% walnut-enriched diet [%] |
|---|---|---|
| Palmitic acid | 3.37 | 7.71 |
| Stearic acid | 1.12 | 1.85 |
| Oleic acid | 89.0 | 44.2 |
| Vaccenic acid | 1.62 | 1.42 |
| Linoleic acid | 4.90 | 39.5 |
| Linolenic acid | – | 5.35 |
| Total fats | 5.70 | 5.80 |
