Table 3 Fatty acid profile (% mol) in the epididymal adipose tissue of mice fed an ALA enriched diet either alone or in combination with Bifidobacterium breve NCIMB 702258 or B. breve DPC 6330 or an unsupplemented diet for 6 weeks.

Fatty acid	CON		ALA-CON		ALA+NCIMB 702258		ALA+DPC 6330
	n = 9		n = 9		n = 8		n = 9
	mol%		mol%		mol%		mol%
SFA	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
8:0	3.03	0.54	3.55	1.90	6.55	8.34	3.36	0.54
10:0	0.72	0.19	1.26	0.77	2.13	2.61	1.74	0.95
12:0	0.69	0.25	0.86	0.30	1.24	0.96	1.03	0.32
14:0	2.30	0.53	2.53	0.51	4.06	2.45	2.98	0.39
15:0	0.61^a	0.25	0.60^a	0.41	1.67^b	0.71	1.12^b	0.15
16:0	30.74	2.17	29.09	3.62	28.18	3.48	30.74	1.62
18:0	2.14^a	0.31	2.20^a	0.70	9.05^b	5.53	2.71^a	1.00
20:0	0.37	0.08	0.46	0.22	1.04	1.58	0.67	0.23
Total SFA	40.62	2.50	40.55	7.46	54.29	21.06	44.25	3.07
PUFA
18:1	35.45^a	1.93	29.51^b	4.05	22.94^c	4.48	24.01^c	2.90
18:2	19.24	2.11	19.30	4.48	15.91	4.92	19.70	2.25
18:3n-3	1.65^a	0.24	7.85^b	1.22	7.25^b	1.60	8.88^b	1.10
20:4	1.61^a	0.27	1.11^b	0.29	1.3^b	0.24	1.09^b	0.12
20:5	0.08^a	0.02	0.18^b	0.04	0.26^c	0.06	0.21^b,c	0.06
22:5n-3	0.85	0.26	1.01	0.23	5.35	9.32	1.41	0.41
22:6	0.31^a	0.07	0.34^a	0.07	0.53^b	0.18	0.45^b	0.12
Total hydroperoxides	0.09	0.01	0.08	0.02	0.08	0.02	0.07	0.01
CD 18:3 (CNLA)	0.02^a	0.01	0.02^a	0.005	0.04^b	0.02	0.03^b	0.01
CLA 9,11	0.08^a	0.02	0.07^a	0.01	0.10^b	0.04	0.15^b	0.07

SFA, saturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; CD, conjugated diene; CNLA, conjugated α-linolenic acid; CLA, conjugated linoleic acid. ^a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05 ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey’s multiple comparison test).

Quick links

Search