Table 4 Fatty acids (FAs) profile in epididymal adipose tissue of rats supplemented with different oils

C13:0

2.72 ± 0.31

3.12 ± 0.44

2.76 ± 0.28

2.72 ± 0.40

3.38 ± 0.39

2.80 ± 0.26

3.24 ± 0.39

C14:0

1.08 ± 0.04

0.92 ± 0.05

0.93 ± 0.10

0.85 ± 0.07

1.00 ± 0.07

0.99 ± 0.06

0.95 ± 0.11

C15:0

0.27 ± 0.02^a

0.27 ± 0.03^a

0.21 ± 0.02^b

0.20 ± 0.00^b

0.25 ± 0.04^ab

0.23 ± 0.02^ab

0.23 ± 0.03^ab

C16:0

20.57 ± 0.13

18.87 ± 0.47

17.85 ± 0.92

16.01 ± 0.27

19.36 ± 1.85

19.12 ± 2.50

18.01 ± 2.17

NI

0.27 ± 0.02^a

0.26 ± 0.02^a

0.25 ± 0.05^a

0.21 ± 0.02^ab

0.15 ± 0.06^b

0.13 ± 0.05^b

0.15 ± 0.02^b

C16:1c

3.63 ± 0.23

3.17 ± 0.23

3.34 ± 0.45

3.36 ± 0.53

3.74 ± 0.73

3.60 ± 0.85

3.44 ± 0.76

C17:0

0.24 ± 0.01

0.25 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.01

0.20 ± 0.01

0.23 ± 0.03

0.22 ± 0.02

0.21 ± 0.02

C18:0

2.87 ± 0.12

2.84 ± 0.07

2.78 ± 0.13

2.57 ± 0.09

2.61 ± 0.42

2.59 ± 0.39

2.38 ± 0.32

C18:1t

0.34 ± 0.51

0.14 ± 0.02

0.17 ± 0.04

C18:1c ω-9

26.02 ± 0.30^a

24.74 ± 0.35^ab

24.24 ± 0.54^ab

23.26 ± 0.33^ab

23.86 ± 1.85^ab

22.82 ± 1.98^bc

20.28 ± 1.78^c

NI

0.19 ± 0.03^a

0.27 ± 0.04^ab

0.33 ± 0.05^b

C18:2t

0.31 ± 0.05^a

0.44 ± 0.04

0.72 ± 0.11^b

C18:2c ω-6

37.05 ± 0.27^a

35.17 ± 0.56^ab

32.83 ± 1.38^ab

31.09 ± 0.63^bc

32.99 ± 3.60^a

31.13 ± 4.21^bc

27.89 ± 2.41^c

C18:3c ω-6

0.13 ± 0.02^ab

0.13 ± 0.01^ab

0.09 ± 0.04^ad

0.05 ± 0.01^cd

0.17 ± 0.03^b

0.19 ± 0.04^b

0.17 ± 0.04^b

C18:3c ω-3

2.75 ± 0.09^a

8.02 ± 0.25^b

12.11 ± 0.29^c

17.17 ± 1.57^d

2.54 ± 0.25^a

2.13 ± 0.30^a

1.89 ± 0.24^a

CLA 9c11t

3.38 ± 0.66^a

5.71 ± 0.78^b

9.40 ± 1.10^c

CLA 10t12c

0.04 ± 0.01^a

0.07 ± 0.01^b

0.11 ± 0.02^c

CLA 10c12c

1.52 ± 0.21^a

2.56 ± 0.30^b

4.11 ± 0.52^c

C20:2 ω-6

0.24 ± 0.02

0.25 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.02

0.24 ± 0.04

0.23 ± 0.04

0.20 ± 0.01

C20:3 ω-6

0.14 ± 0.02^a

0.13 ± 0.02^ab

0.13 ± 0.02^ab

0.12 ± 0.01^ab

0.14 ± 0.01^a

0.11 ± 0.02^ab

0.10 ± 0.01^b

C20:4 ω-6

1.14 ± 0.21^a

0.71 ± 0.16^ab

0.71 ± 0.08^ab

0.61 ± 0.13^b

0.84 ± 0.28^ab

0.75 ± 0.25^ab

0.49 ± 0.12^b

C22:2

0.11 ± 0.03^a

0.14 ± 0.02^ab

0.16 ± 0.01

C24:0

0.10 ± 0.02^a

0.26 ± 0.03^b

0.34 ± 0.09^b

0.48 ± 0.09^c

PA

2.13 ± 0.25^a

3.04 ± 0.24^a

4.83 ± 0.87^b

α-ESA

0.18 ± 0.04^a

0.23 ± 0.03^ab

0.30 ± 0.09^b

C22:4 ω-6

0.19 ± 0.03^a

0.11 ± 0.02^b

0.08 ± 0.01^bc

0.05 ± 0.01^c

0.12 ± 0.03^b

0.09 ± 0.03^bc

0.05 ± 0.02^c

NI

0.15 ± 0.03^a

0.37 ± 0.06^b

0.49 ± 0.10^b

0.49 ± 0.09^b

0.13 ± 0.03^a

0.10 ± 0.03^a

0.06 ± 0.03^a

C22:6 ω-3

0.29 ± 0.08^ac

0.42 ± 0.10^ab

0.48 ± 0.06^b

0.37 ± 0.09^ab

0.21 ± 0.06^c

0.18 ± 0.07^c

0.11 ± 0.03^d

TL (%)

78 ± 6^abc

83 ± 11^ab

71 ± 6^bc

67 ± 10^c

91 ± 9^a

71 ± 12^bc

87 ± 10^a