Table 6.

Fatty acid composition of experimental and control diets (mg 100 g⁻¹ of dry weight).

Fatty acids	LM0	LM5	LM10	LM15	LM20	Polynomial contrasts
						Linear	Quadratic
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
14:0	10.44 ± 0.07a	9.55 ± 0.06a	8.82 ± 0.04a	10.35 ± 0.20a	10.88 ± 2.00a	0.361	0.034
15:0	5.20 ± 0.01a	4.59 ± 0.17b	2.55 ± 0.01c	0.81 ± 0.01d	0.04 ± 0.00e	< 0.001	0.981
16:0	581.01 ± 8.96a	531.63 ± 8.38b	531.73 ± 1.54b	535.31 ± 4.55b	538.91 ± 8.96b	0.002	< 0.001
18:0	70.09 ± 0.99a	64.13 ± 0.93b	56.09 ± 0.27c	66.21 ± 1.04b	40.68 ± 0.51d	< 0.001	< 0.001
20:0	3.26 ± 0.36a	2.98 ± 0.33a	2.44 ± 0.08ab	3.12 ± 0.56a	1.85 ± 0.25b	0.005	0.414
22:0	0.69 ± 0.01b	0.75 ± 0.01b	0.14 ± 0.00d	0.31 ± 0.07c	0.90 ± 0.10a	0.814	< 0.001
24:0	15.72 ± 2.77a	16.77 ± 0.14a	9.00 ± 0.46b	8.29 ± 0.83b	17.25 ± 2.76a	0.250	0.001
Total SFA	686.41 ± 6.73a	630.40 ± 8.97b	610.77 ± 3.09b	624.40 ± 3.65b	610.51 ± 8.36b	< 0.001	< 0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
18:1n-9	1460.56 ± 3.81a	1336.44 ± 3.95b	1163.59 ± 6.70c	1163.69 ± 2.02c	1059.34 ± 2.20d	< 0.001	< 0.001
20:1n-9	7.86 ± 1.24b	8.19 ± 0.13a	4.09 ± 0.28c	3.46 ± 0.33c	3.07 ± 0.26c	< 0.001	0.369
Total MUFA	1468.42 ± 2.57a	1344.63 ± 3.81b	1167.68 ± 6.43c	1167.15 ± 1.69c	1062.41 ± 2.63d	< 0.001	< 0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
18:2n-6 (LOA)	3197.60 ± 22.99a	2925.76 ± 21.95b	2862.71 ± 6.24b	2769.39 ± 16.46c	2600.36 ± 22.03d	< 0.001	0.008
20:2n-6	1.09 ± 0.02cd	1.92 ± 0.04b	1.38 ± 0.10c	0.92 ± 0.12d	3.41 ± 0.21a	< 0.001	< 0.001
18:3n-3 (ALA)	10.98 ± 1.45e	51.10 ± 1.89d	81.29 ± 1.35c	115.44 ± 0.02b	153.10 ± 0.26a	< 0.001	0.741
Total PUFA	3209.67 ± 23.42a	2978.78 ± 22.80b	2945.38 ± 6.50bc	2885.75 ± 16.46c	2756.87 ± 21.82d	< 0.001	0.006
n-6/n-3	291.32 ± 11.23a	57.29 ± 2.55b	35.23 ± 0.51c	23.997 ± 0.21d	17.01 ± 0.11e	< 0.001	< 0.001

LM0 = Control, soybean; LM5 = 5% L. minor; LM10 = 10% L. minor; LM15 = 15% L. minor; LM20 = 20% L. minor.