Table 3 Effects of phytoncide essential oil and soybean oil on long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) in rumen fluid.

From: Dietary supplementation of phytoncide and soybean oil increases milk conjugated linoleic acid and depresses methane emissions in Holstein dairy cows

LCFA (mg/mL)

Treatment1

SEM

P-value

PO, 0%

PO, 0.1%

PO

SO

PO × SO

SO

SO

0%

1%

2%

4%

0%

1%

2%

4%

0 h

 SA

0.701

0.691

0.731

0.798

0.687

0.697

0.672

0.779

0.021

0.783

0.462

0.911

 TVA

0.041

0.044

0.048

0.047

0.036

0.032

0.037

0.042

0.003

0.719

0.910

0.417

 LA

0.035

2.061

4.121

7.552

0.036

2.091

4.182

7.572

0.760

< 0.001**

< 0.001**

0.891

 LnA

0.009

0.011

0.013

0.016

0.007

0.008

0.010

0.012

0.002

0.781

0.522

0.150

6 h

 SA

0.771

0.760

0.804

0.878

0.756

0.767

0.739

0.857

0.610

0.031

0.512

0.124

 TVA

0.039

0.041

0.061

0.098

0.051

0.056

0.091

0.081

0.009

< 0.001**

< 0.001**

0.212

 LA

0.021

1.041

2.081

4.111

0.024

1.076

2.151

4.231

0.381

< 0.001**

0.032**

0.412

 LnA

0.006

0.007

0.009

0.010

0.007

0.008

0.010

0.012

0.001

0.790

0.736

0.124

12 h

 SA

0.848

0.836

0.885

0.966

0.831

0.843

0.813

0.943

0.033

0.230

0.731

0.699

 TVA

0.042

0.045

0.057

0.075

0.024

0.046

0.066

0.064

0.008

0.080

0.373

0.518

 LA

0.012

0.581

1.162

2.116

0.011

0.665

1.329

2.226

0.038

< 0.001**

< 0.001**

0.525

 LnA

0.009

0.011

0.013

0.016

0.007

0.008

0.010

0.012

0.001

0.210

0.125

0.325

24 h

 SA

1.601

1.621

1.712

1.801

1.555

1.626

1.623

1.799

0.126

0.337

0.162

0.893

 TVA

0.050

0.053

0.068

0.089

0.029

0.055

0.079

0.076

0.053

0.091*

0.119

0.912

 LA

0.010

0.465

0.930

1.693

0.009

0.532

1.063

1.781

0.174

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.411

 LnA

0.011

0.013

0.016

0.019

0.008

0.010

0.012

0.015

0.022

0.426

0.621

0.776

 Sum of CLAs

ND

0.109

0.161

0.294

ND

0.123

0.269

0.452

0.189

< 0.001

0.047**

0.031**

 c9,t11 CLA

ND

0.088

0.131

0.242

ND

0.114

0.224

0.381

0.141

< 0.001

0.051*

0.128

 t10,c12 CLA

ND

0.021

0.030

0.052

ND

0.009

0.045

0.071

0.078

0.031**

< 0.001**

0.624

48 h

 SA

1.913

1.837

1.996

2.152

1.894

1.921

1.874

2.152

0.127

0.141

0.102

0.451

 TVA

0.055

0.059

0.062

0.072

0.055

0.046

0.051

0.072

0.011

0.112

0.049**

0.902

 LA

0.009

0.301

0.672

1.092

0.007

0.281

0.728

1.210

0.428

< 0.001**

< 0.001**

0.268

 LnA

0.008

0.009

0.011

0.013

0.006

0.007

0.008

0.010

0.002

0.290

0.217

0.933

 Sum of CLAs

ND

0.149

0.298

0.522

ND

0.232

0.472

0.710

0.115

< 0.001**

< 0.001**

0.045**

 c9,t11 CLA

ND

0.121

0.241

0.444

ND

0.201

0.401

0.622

0.108

< 0.001**

< 0.001**

0.032**

 t10,c12 CLA

ND

0.029

0.057

0.078

ND

0.031

0.071

0.088

0.048

0.021**

< 0.001**

0.082*

  1. *P < 0.1, **P < 0.05.
  2. 1Treatments: PO phytoncide oil, SO soybean oil, mg.
  3. SEM standard error of the mean.
  4. *LA linoleic acid (C18:2), LnA linolenic acid (C18:3), TVA trans-11 vaccenic acid (C18:1), SA stearic acid (C18:0), LCFAs long chain fatty acids, ND not detectable.