Palm oil protects α-linolenic acid from rumen biohydrogenation and muscle oxidation in cashmere goat kids

Table 4 Fatty acid profiles (percentage of total identified fatty acid methyl esters) in plasma of cashmere goat kids fed diets with oil supplements

Fatty acid¹	Diets			SEM	P-value
Fatty acid¹	PMO	LSO	MIX	SEM	P-value
Saturated fatty acids
C10:0	1.47	1.82	1.43	0.124	0.352
C12:0	1.49	1.68	1.45	0.093	0.383
C13:0	0.63	0.78	0.69	0.056	0.438
C14:0	2.20	2.26	2.03	0.090	0.401
C15:0	1.27	1.21	1.22	0.094	0.900
C16:0	15.85^a	13.00^b	14.31^ab	0.508	0.008
C17:0	1.94	1.83	1.89	0.079	0.714
C18:0	17.10	18.46	18.90	0.800	0.518
C20:0	1.62	1.80	1.46	0.067	0.133
C21:0	0.82^b	1.06^a	0.96^ab	0.038	0.018
C22:0	1.75	1.80	1.62	0.091	0.545
Monounsaturated fatty acids
C14:1	1.04	1.07	0.93	0.073	0.652
C15:1	0.69	0.95	0.71	0.057	0.081
C16:1	1.69^a	1.45^b	1.61^ab	0.047	0.063
C17:1	1.34	1.28	1.32	0.091	0.954
tran-9 C18:1	1.62	1.60	1.49	0.089	0.772
cis-9 C18:1	22.47^a	17.91^b	19.92^ab	0.901	0.035
C20:1n-9	0.74^b	1.01^a	0.71^b	0.046	0.012
C22:1n-9	0.56	0.88	0.76	0.068	0.154
n-6 Polyunsaturated fatty acids
C18:2n-6t	0.95	1.06	1.10	0.051	0.514
C18:2n-6c	11.46	11.27	10.97	0.380	0.809
C18:3n-6	1.00	1.10	0.91	0.052	0.195
C20:2n-6	0.83	1.01	0.83	0.048	0.113
C20:3n-6	1.07	0.92	0.94	0.034	0.758
C20:4n-6	1.79	1.99	1.97	0.057	0.689
C22:2n-6	0.81	0.99	0.80	0.045	0.168
n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids
C18:3n-3	2.51^b	3.80^a	3.63^a	0.130	0.001
C20:3n-3	0.53	0.83	0.72	0.046	0.125
C20:5n-3	1.01^b	2.13^a	2.04^a	0.046	0.0001
C22:6n-3	0.87^b	1.28^a	1.32^a	0.066	0.020
Sum and ratio
SFA	46.72	46.68	46.86	0.743	0.987
MUFA	30.84^a	26.97^b	28.23^ab	0.949	0.081
PUFA	22.45^b	26.38^a	25.00^ab	0.539	0.007
n-3 PUFA	4.91^b	8.04^a	7.71^a	0.249	<.0001
n-6 PUFA	17.53	18.34	17.19	0.567	0.490
n-3 LCPUFA	2.40^b	4.25^a	4.09^a	0.196	<.0001
n-6 LCPUFA	4.49	4.92	4.54	0.290	0.344
n-6/n-3	3.57^a	2.28^b	2.23^b	0.120	<.0001
P/S	0.49	0.58	0.53	0.026	0.227

^a,b Means within the same row followed by the same superscript are not significantly different at P < 0.05
¹ SFA saturated fatty acids (10:0 + 11:0 + 12:0 + 13:0 + 14:0 + 15:0 + 16:0 + 17:0 + 18:0 + 20:0 + 21:0 + 22:0 + 23:0 + 24:0), MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids (14:1 + 15:1 + 16:1 + 17:1 + tran-9 18:1 + cis-9 18:1 + 20:1 + 22:1 + 24:1), n-6 PUFA n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:2n-6t + 18:2n-6c + 18:3n-6 + 20:2n-6 + 20:3n-6 + 20:4n-6 + 22:2n-6), n-3 PUFA n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:3n-3 + 20:3n-3 + 20:5n-3 + 22:6n-3), n-6 LCPUFA n-6 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (20:2n-6 + 20:3n-6 + 20:4n-6 + 22:2n-6), n-3 LCPUFA n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (20:3n-3 + 20:5n-3 + 22:6n-3); n-6/n-3 n-6 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids/n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; P/S polyunsaturated fatty acids/saturated fatty acids
PMO palm oil diet, LSO linseed oil diet, MIX mixed oil diet

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