Conjugated linoleic acid influences the metabolism of tocopherol in lactating rats but has little effect on tissue tocopherol concentrations in pups

Table 6 Apparent tocopherol digestibility and tocopherol concentration in plasma and tissues of dams fed either a control or a CLA-supplemented diet^a

	Control	CLA	SEM	P value
Tocopherol digestibility, %	77.9	68.7	2.09	<0.001
Plasma and tissue tocopherol concentrations
Plasma, μmol/l	22.1	24.5	1.44	0.12
Liver, nmol/g	491	374	27.5	<0.001
Adipose tissue, nmol/g	136	199	14.2	<0.001
Muscle, nmol/g	45.0	45.3	3.29	0.91

^aValues are means at day 14 of lactation, n = 12–14. Data were analysed by one-way ANOVA with treatment as fixed effect and animal as random effect

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