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Table 4 Fatty acid analysis of RUSF-DHA

From: Healthy pregnancies and essential fats: focus group discussions with Zambian women on dietary need and acceptability of a novel RUSF containing fish oil DHA

   

mg/50 g Serving (SEM)1

  

Fatty Acid

 

RT (To)

RT (T6.5)

30 °C (T6.5)

40 °C (T6.5)

Myristic

C14:0

74.2 (2.71)

77.06 (2.55)

75.13 (1.50)

73.77 (1.34)

Palmitic

C16:0

1762 (34.92)

1860.6 (28.97)

1716.44 (7.96)

1708.17 (17.2)

Palmitoleic

C16:1

94.73 (2.32)

100.30 (0.53)

96.59 (2.47)

97.31 (1.53)

Stearic

C18:0

771.07 (14.09)

810.53 (11.99)

763.54 (2.78)

756.51 (3.85)

Oleic

C18:1

7032.46 (172.12)

7535.15 (83.29)

6895.01 (124.53)

6870.18 (130.09)

Linoleic

C18:2 n-6

2490.37 (52.82)

2639.32 (26.96)

2510.33 (54.07)

2523.96 (37.58)

Linolenic

C18:3 n-3

787.94 (16.77)

827.30 (9.78)

806.42 (21.66)

816.78 (9.97)

Arachidonic

C20:4 n-6

36.89 (0.95)

36.9 (1.03)

36.43 (1.80)

35.57 (0.29)

Eicospentaenoic

C20:5 n-3

84.34 (2.61)

91.1 (1.37)

87.43 (2.20)

88.51 (1.17)

Docosahexaenoic

C22:6 n-3

375.52 (11.79)

386.50 (11.69)

402.38 (10.70)

405.17 (5.83)

   

Relative mol%

  

SFA

C14 + C16 + C18

19.61 (0.08)

19.44 (0.07)

19.36 (0.24)

19.26 (0.14)

MUFA

C16:1 + C18:1

50.1 (0.2)

50.49 (0.06)

49.49 (0.18)

49.35 (0.19)

PUFA

C18:2 + C18:3

23.21 (0.07)

23.09 (0.04)

23.64 (0.17)

23.83 (0.03)

HUFA

C20:4 + C20:5 + C22:6

3.08 (0.04)

3 (0.05)

3.28 (0.04)

3.3 (0.02)

n-6:n-3

 

2.11 (0.01)

2.14 (0.01)

2.05 (0.02)

2.04 (0.04)

  1. 1RT, room temperature; 6.5 indicates the number of months in storage at the indicated temperature. SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; HUFA, highly unsaturated fatty acid