Dietary fatty acid composition alters 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 gene expression in rat retroperitoneal white adipose tissue

Table 1 Fatty acid composition of dietary oils (g/100 g of oil).

Fatty acid	vanaspati	palmolein	sunflower
14:0	0.9	0.79	nd
16:0	38.4	35.6	6.55
16:1	nd	0.16	0.13
18:0	5.16	4.50	4.67
18:1t	20.1	nd	nd
18:1c	29.4	45.6	44.0
18:2	4.31	12.4	43.6
20:0	0.48	0.55	0.45
18:3	nd	0.25	0.44
∑ SFA	45.0	41.5	11.7
∑MUFA	29.4	45.6	44.0
LA	4.30	12.4	43.6
ALNA	nd	0.25	0.44

nd-not detected, ∑SFA-total saturated fatty acids, ∑MUFA-total monounsaturated fatty acids, LA-lenoleic acid, ALNA-alpha-linolenic acid.
Vegetable oils were purchased from a local market, and used as a source of dietary fat (10%).Vanapati, palmolien and sunflower oil were used for the preparation of trans fatty acid diet (TFA-diet), saturated fatty acid diet (SFA diet) and polyunsaturated fatty acid diet (PUFA- diet) respectively.

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