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Table 2 Overall means in serum fatty acid concentration (g/100 g fatty acid methyl ester)a

From: Effects of butter naturally enriched with conjugated linoleic acid and vaccenic acid on blood lipids and LDL particle size in growing pigs

Fatty acid

REGb

CLA+VAc

p

10:0

0.17 ± 0.05

0.12 ± 0.03

0.08

12:0

0.67 ± 0.44

0.54 ± 0.13

0.52

14:0

1.36 ± 0.31

1.03 ± 0.12

0.04*

14:1

0.32 ± 0.04

0.28 ± 0.05

0.18

16:0

20.1 ± 0.90

17.1 ± 0.75

<0.01*

16:1

1.02 ± 0.17

0.89 ± 0.13

0.16

18:0

16.3 ± 1.6

14.6 ± 0.9

0.054

18:1 9c

16.2 ± 1.7

16.2 ± 0.3

0.98

18:2 n-6

20.0 ± 1.3

21.6 ± 2.4

0.20

18:3 n-3

0.81 ± 0.13

1.02 ± 0.09

0.01*

18:1 t11

0.27 ± 0.05

1.09 ± 0.18

<0.01*

c9,t11-CLA

0.28 ± 0.08

0.80 ± 0.07

<0.01*

20:4 n-6

8.2 ± 1.0

8.1 ± 0.4

0.89

20:5 n-3

1.49 ± 0.19

1.46 ± 0.06

0.65

22:5 n-3

1.41 ± 0.15

1.47 ± 0.19

0.57

22:6 n-3

1.74 ± 0.34

1.46 ± 0.17

0.10

  1. aValues given as mean ± SD, and p-values, n = 6.
  2. bDiet containing regular butter as fat supplement
  3. cDiet containing CLA+VA rich butter as fat supplement
  4. * p < 0.05.