Figure 3.

Metabolites in the fatty acid metabolism sub-pathways vary among birth weight control milk samples. (A) Fold change concentration of metabolites within fatty acid metabolism sub-pathways. Red cells indicate mean values that are significantly higher and blue cells indicate mean values that are significantly lower for the designated comparison. (B) Fatty acids destined for oxidation are conjugated to carnitine and acylcarnitines are transported into the mitochondria for fatty acid beta-oxidation. Figure created with BioRender.com. (C–F) Boxplots of concentration levels of caproate (6:0), caprylate (8:0), acetylcarnitine (C2) and propionylcarnitine (C3) between the birth weight control groups. * p ≤ 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 by Welch’s T-Test. TCA = tricarboxylic acid.