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Table 1 Plasma FA composition (μg/mL) of rats fed different diets at different reproductive stages 1

From: Mammary inflammation around parturition appeared to be attenuated by consumption of fish oil rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Item

Group

Day 0 of gestation

Day 14 of gestation

Day 3 postpartum

Pooled SEM

C14:0

SO

30.69a

28.54ab

32.62a

13.69

FO

14.35b

18.22ab

21.11ab

 

C16:0

SO

822.89a

738.64ab

948.69a

249.21

FO

432.50c

455.61bc

373.53c

 

C18:0

SO

588.93a

526.74a

688.14a

152.56

FO

342.09b

311.58b

239.47b

 

C20:0

SO

21.42a

10.30b

13.32ab

8.91

FO

6.33b

6.71b

4.17b

 

SFA

SO

1463.92a

1304.23a

1682.78a

412.54

FO

795.28b

792.12b

638.28b

 

C16:1

SO

59.10a

47.62ab

57.58a

23.81

FO

42.06ab

42.55ab

20.74b

 

C18:1n7

SO

27.86ab

23.04b

42.41a

14.47

FO

23.01b

20.98b

22.75b

 

C18:1n9

SO

191.83

177.43

156.96

40.63

FO

198.23

203.30

162.35

 

C20:1

SO

30.67ab

26.84abc

40.99a

15.54

FO

10.95cd

12.91bcd

5.41d

 

MUFA

SO

309.46

274.93

297.94

86.48

FO

274.25

279.74

211.26

 

C18:3n3

SO

8.99abc

10.82ab

11.65a

1.84

FO

7.07bc

8.42abc

6.43c

 

C20:5n3

SO

7.59b

5.32b

8.00b

22.64

FO

26.62b

87.73a

95.75a

 

C22:6n3

SO

40.45b

37.53b

76.60b

36.39

FO

73.89b

63.54b

146.34a

 

n-3 PUFA

SO

64.84c

54.74c

96.25c

50.47

FO

107.58bc

159.69b

248.51a

 

C18:2n6

SO

253.41a

230.13a

262.59a

45.26

FO

235.76a

163.29b

169.54b

 

C20:4n6

SO

257.71b

233.28b

400.24a

87.69

FO

246.19b

116.03c

197.67bc

 

n-6 PUFA

SO

511.12b

463.41bc

662.83a

119.17

FO

481.95bc

279.31d

367.21cd

 

TFA

SO

2349.34ab

2097.31abc

2739.80a

557.06

FO

1704.65bc

1510.87c

1465.26c

 
  1. 1 Values of a certain fatty acid assigned no common superscript letter differ significantly (P < 0.05).