Table 4 Fatty acid composition of the gastric content of rat pups at 14 days of age (g/100 g total fatty acids).
ALA | n-3 LC-PUFA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | P values | ||
C6:0 | 0.20 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | n.s. |
C8:0 | 4.17 ± 0.25 | 3.38 ± 0.17 | 0.002 |
C10:0 | 10.44 ± 0.79 | 7.43 ± 0.65 | 0.001 |
C12:0 | 9.41 ± 0.59 | 9.93 ± 0.32 | n.s. |
C14:0 | 6.75 ± 0.50 | 6.40 ± 0.41 | n.s. |
C15:0 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | n.s. |
C16:0 | 12.93 ± 0.14 | 11.65 ± 0.43 | 0.001 |
C17:0 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.031 |
C18:0 | 5.01 ± 0.19 | 5.99 ± 0.35 | 0.002 |
C20:0 | 0.14 ± 0.04 | 0.19 ± 0.02 | n.s. |
C22:0 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.017 |
C24:0 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.02 | n.s. |
C14:1 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | n.s. |
C16:1 | 0.98 ± 0.13 | 0.67 ± 0.08 | 0.006 |
C17:1 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.050 |
C18:1n-9 | 30.40 ± 1.38 | 32.97 ± 0.41 | 0.012 |
Other C18:1 | 1.82 ± 0.44 | 2.82 ± 0.11 | 0.005 |
C20:1 | 0.58 ± 0.12 | 0.44 ± 0.04 | n.s. |
C22:1 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.04 ± 0.00 | n.s. |
C24:1 | 0.04 ± 0.04 | 0.03 ± 0.00 | n.s. |
C18:2n-6 | 13.65 ± 0.53 | 13.29 ± 0.21 | n.s. |
C20:2n-6 | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 0.28 ± 0.02 | n.s. |
C20:4n-6 | 0.80 ± 0.15 | 0.51 ± 0.07 | 0.011 |
C22:2n-6 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.013 |
C22:4n-6 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.08 ± 0.02 | 0.001 |
C22:5n-6 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.003 |
C18:3n-3 | 0.99 ± 0.13 | 1.31 ± 0.09 | 0.008 |
C20:3n-3 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | n.s. |
C20:5n-3 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.52 ± 0.11 | 0.0003 |
C22:5n-3 | 0.11 ± 0.02 | 0.34 ± 0.03 | < 0.0001 |
C22:6n-3 | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 0.93 ± 0.08 | < 0.0001 |