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Table 3 Fatty acid composition of test diets (gram of total weight of fat)

From: Irvingia gabonensis fat: nutritional properties and effect of increasing amounts on the growth and lipid metabolism of young rats wistar sp

Fatty acids

Test diets

 

Fat control

(IG0)

Low-dose

(IG1)

Mid-dose

(IG2)

High-dose

(IG3)

C10:0

 

0.77

1.08

1.85

C12:0

 

20.35

28.49

48.84

C14:0

0.06

24.53

34.34

58.86

C16:0

8.81

2.53

3.54

6.07

C18:0

21.96

1.19

1.67

2.86

C18:1

 

0.25

0.34

0.59

C18:2 n-6

42.29

   

C18:3 n-3

5.62

   

C20:0

0.30

   

C22:0

0.26

   

UI

0.71

0.39

0.55

0.94

SFA (g)

9.42

49.37

69.11

118.48

PUFA (g)

69.86

0.25

0.34

0.59

Total weight fat

80

50

70

120

  1. UI: Unidentified