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Table 2 Maternal diet composition

From: Alpha linolenic acid in maternal diet halts the lipid disarray due to saturated fatty acids in the liver of mice offspring at weaning

A

 

Dietary composition (g%)

  
  

Maternal diet

  

Protein

 

20.1

  

Carbohydrate

 

53.8

  

Fat *

 

6

  

Other‡

 

20.1

  

Total

 

100

  

Calories from Fat (%)

12.6

  

B

  

Fatty acid abundance (mol%)

Maternal diets

 

RD

SFA

ALA

DHA

EPA

Saturated fatty acids

     

14:00

Myrsitic acid

0.18

8.11

0.1

0.27

0

16:00

Palmitic acid

11.78

14.8

4.17

6.86

5.49

18:00

Stearic acid

4.1

12.03

7.7

2.3

1.82

Total SFAs

 

16.07

34.93

11.97

9.42

7.31

Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)

   

16:1ω-7

Palmitoleic acid

0.22

0.25

0.1

0.3

0.13

18:1ω-9

Oleic acid

24.97

18.34

16.52

13.45

10.53

Total MUFA

 

25.19

18.59

16.62

13.75

10.66

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

    

18:2ω-6

Linoleic

 

52.09

41.06

16.64

25.74

20.21

18:3ω-6

Gamma linolenic acid

0.29

0.22

0.26

0

0

20:4ω-6

Arachidonic acid

0.47

0.36

0.15

0.31

0.21

Total ω-6 PUFA

 

52.85

41.64

17.05

26.05

20.42

18:3ω-3

Alpha linolenic acid

5.42

3.91

54.04

2.25

1.84

20:5ω-3

Eicosapentenoic acid

0.22

0.39

0.14

0.32

59.43

22:6ω-3

Docosahexenoic acid

0.25

0.54

0.19

48.2

0.33

Total ω-3 PUFA

 

5.89

4.84

54.36

50.78

61.61

Total PUFA

 

58.74

46.48

71.41

76.82

82.03

ω3/ω6

  

0.11

0.12

3.19

1.95

3.02

  1. *Fat in maternal diet was Soybean Oil for RD, Coconut oil for SFA and Coconut oil (4.8%) and ALA, DHA or EPA (1.8%) for the diets under those names.
  2. ‡Fat free chow diet contained fiber, ash, aminoacides, minerals and vitamins added.
  3. A - All diets fed to dams during pre-conception, pregnancy and lactation were prepared by mixing 94 g% fat-free chow diet with 6 g% different fats/oils: RD-soybean, SFA-coconut oil, ALA-ALA + coconut, DHA-DHA + coconut, EPA-EPA + coconut. Fat-free chow diet contained fiber, ash, aminoacides, minerals and vitamins.
  4. B - Dietary Fatty acid composition: Fatty acid composition of the five diets provided to the dams in the present model RD, SFA, ALA, DHA and EPA provided to the mothers before and during pregnancy and lactation. The lower row presents the ratio between ω-3 and ω -6 fatty acids in each diet. The ω -3/ ω -6 ratio in each diet is indicated in bold.