Table 2

Effect of 9c, 11t, 13c-CLNA on fatty acid composition in serum triacylglycerol.
	LETO	OLETF

		Control	9c, 11t, 13c-CLNA

	%
14:0	2.28 ± 0.23^a	1.05 ± 0.15^b	1.10 ± 0.13^b
16:0	36.8 ± 0.7^a	28.1 ± 0.7^b	41.2 ± 2.7^a
16:1	0.492 ± 0.066^a	3.83 ± 0.25^b	2.39 ± 0.20^c
18:0	5.58 ± 0.63^a	3.29 ± 0.26^b	4.04 ± 0.32^b
18:1	11.7 ± 0.7^a	24.5 ± 1.4^b	20.4 ± 1.4^c
18:2	35.5 ± 0.7^a	33.2 ± 0.9^a	27.8 ± 1.4^b
20:4	7.74 ± 0.76^a	4.80 ± 0.40^b	3.12 ± 0.44^c
Desaturation index
Δ9 desaturation	2.18 ± 0.24^a	7.73 ± 0.83^b	5.34 ± 0.75^c
Δ6 desaturation	0.219 ± 0.024^a	0.144 ± 0.009^b	0.110 ± 0.011^b

^a,b,cDifferent superscript letters show significant difference at P < 0.05.
Arao et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2004 3:24 doi:10.1186/1476-511X-3-24