Table 3

Fatty Acid Composition (%) of Plasma Triacylglycerol

Fatty acid
Test diets



POL1
PHSO2
IE3

14:0
1.4 ± 0.5a
1.4 ± 0.4b
1.1 ± 0.4a,b
16:0
29.5 ± 2.9a,b
27.2 ± 2.8a
26.6 ± .1.8b
16:1n7
3.8 ± 1.1
3.6 ± 1.4
3.5 ± 1.0
18:0
3.3 ± 0.8a
3.4 ± 0.5b
5.3 ± 2.4a,b
18:1
43.4 ± 4.2a,b
37.1 ± 3.0a,c
40.3 ± 3.3b,c
t18:1n9
nd
2.8 ± 0.6
nd
t18:1n11
nd
0.8 ± 0.3
nd
18:2
16.1 ± 4.4a,b
20.6 ± 5.1a
20.1 ± 2.8b
18:3
0.7 ± 0.4a
1.2 ± 0.5a,b
0.7 ± 0.2b
20:4n6
0.9 ± 0.3
1.0 ± 0.3
0.9 ± 0.2
22:6
1.3 ± 0.7
1.7 ± 0.7
1.3 ± 0.6

Values are means ± SD (n = twice per rotation)

1POL, palm olein; 2PHSO, partially hydrogenated soybean oil; 3IE, interesterified fat (see text for details of fat composition)

a,b,c means with common superscripts differ, p < 0.05; nd = not detectable.

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