Differential effects of natural palm oil, chemically- and enzymatically-modified palm oil on weight gain, blood lipid metabolites and fat deposition in a pediatric pig model

Table 5 Fatty acid composition (%) of subcutaneous fat (adipose) tissue of pigs after 12 weeks of feeding lard, natural palm oil (NPO), chemically modified palm oil (CPO) and enzymatically modified palm oil (EnPO) diets*

	Lard	NPO	CPO	EnPO	Female	Male	SEM Diet	SEM Sex
12:0	0.07	0.07	0.11	0.08	0.11	0.07	0.07	0.04
14:0	1.53^b	1.10^a	1.06^a	1.23^ab	1.20	1.26	0.16	0.14
16:0	27.3^b	22.5^a	24.8^ab	26.5^ab	25.3	25.3	2.74	2.62
16:1	1.29	1.14	0.94	1.07	1.11	1.10	0.24	0.23
18:0	11.6^b	8.75^a	9.58^ab	9.98^ab	9.71	10.3	1.36	0.90
18:1	39.9^a	50.2^b	48.4^ab	44.5^ab	46.2	45.3	4.84	3.91
18:2	16.2	15.1	13.9	15.3	14.8	15.4	1.65	1.52
18:3	0.75	0.59	0.48	0.54	0.63	0.56	0.13	0.11
Total SFA	41.4^b	32.7^a	35.9^ab	38.3^ab	36.8	37.3	3.30	2.47
Total MUFA	41.2^a	51.3^b	49.4^ab	45.6^ab	47.4	46.4	4.75	3.95
Total PUFA	17.4	15.9	14.6	16.1	15.9	16.3	1.76	1.63

^*Means are average of 10 observations for treatments and 20 observations for sexes. Data presented as mean ± SEM.
^a,b,cMeans with different superscripts between dietary treatments differ significantly at P < 0.05.
Abbreviations: SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.

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