Table 2

Major Triglyceride Molecular Species (%) in POL and IE fats *

TG Species
POL
IE

LLnLn
ND
2.00
LLLn
ND
0.85
LLL
ND
0.78
PLLn
ND
0.42
OLL
0.20
2.63
PLL
0.90
4.64
OOL
0.70
2.00
SLL
ND
12.47
PPL
8.60
3.42
OOO
2.70
0.48
SOL
ND
13.79
SOS
ND
15.84
SOO
1.5
4.62
POS
4.2
15.25
PPS
ND
2.92
SSO
ND
10.81
SSS
ND
3.76
POP
39.5
ND
POO
32.2
ND
POL
9.3
ND
TOTAL
99.80
96.68

L = linoleic; Ln = Linolenic; O = oleic; P = palmitic; S = stearic

ND, not detected

*Triglyceride species for PHSO are not reported since they were not possible to assess due to the complexity of the TG species arising from the the lack of authentic standards to identify the various trans fatty acid isomers present.

Sundram et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2007 4:3   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-4-3