| Levels of BCPOd (%) |  | P value | ||||
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Parameter | 0 | 4 | 8 | SEM | Overall | Linear | quadratic |
C14:0, myristic | 5.55a | 4.18b | 4.04b | 0.30 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.757 |
C16:0, palmitic | 26.67 | 21.87 | 24.57 | 1.92 | 0.232 | 0.158 | 0.331 |
C16:1n-7, palmitoleic | 2.94a | 2.25b | 2.01c | 0.12 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.176 |
C18:0, stearic | 31.24 | 35.41 | 32.42 | 1.86 | 0.092 | 0.142 | 0.096 |
C18:1n-9, oleic | 24.99b | 29.67a | 31.07a | 2.85 | 0.006 | 0.037 | 0.730 |
C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic | 4.77a | 0.78b | 0.61b | 0.79 | 0.001 | 0.0004 | 0.882 |
CLA cis-9 trans-11 | 0.96b | 1.29a | 1.29a | 0.07 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.940 |
CLA trans-10 cis-12 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.197 | 0.200 | 0.198 |
C18:2n-6, linoleic | 3.14 | 3.40 | 3.96 | 0.42 | 0.387 | 0.306 | 0.357 |
C18:3n-3, linolenic | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.055 | 0.189 | 0.039 |
C20:4n-6, arachidonic | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.560 | 0.418 | 0.483 |
C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic | 0.08c | 0.16b | 0.56c | 0.08 | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.002 |
C22:5n-3, docosapentaenoic | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.13 | 0.574 | 0.383 | 0.561 |
C22:6n-3, docosahexaenoic | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.463 | 0.223 | 0.894 |
Total FA (mg/g of fat) | 651.60 | 610.23 | 697.51 | 117.30 | 0.871 | 0.987 | 0.604 |
FA ratios and sums | |||||||
∑SFA | 63.46 | 61.46 | 61.02 | 2.68 | 0.792 | 0.669 | 0.601 |
∑MUFA | 31.45 | 32.69 | 33.69 | 2.83 | 0.959 | 0.887 | 0.806 |
∑PUFA | 5.09a | 5.86b | 6.96c | 0.51 | 0.018 | 0.048 | 0.145 |
∑n-3 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 1.22 | 0.19 | 0.096 | 0.112 | 0.128 |
∑n-6 | 3.24 | 3.49 | 4.07 | 0.42 | 0.397 | 0.324 | 0.350 |
n-6:n-3 | 9.85a | 6.26b | 3.90c | 1.74 | 0.047 | 0.036 | 0.350 |
UFA:SFA | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.665 | 0.448 | 0.632 |
PUFA:SFA | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.102 | 0.127 | 0.124 |
Elongase and desaturase indices | |||||||
ID16 | 9.90 | 9.30 | 7.56 | 1.34 | 0.116 | 0.671 | 0.094 |
ID18 | 44.44 | 45.59 | 48.95 | 2.16 | 0.324 | 0.567 | 0.713 |
Elongation index (EI) | 65.50 | 72.96 | 70.49 | 3.01 | 0.772 | 0.712 | 0.546 |