Effect of Dietary Intake of Avocado Oil and Olive Oil on Biochemical Markers of Liver Function in Sucrose-Fed Rats

Table 2

Fatty acid composition of dietary oils (%).

Fatty acid	Corn	Canola	Olive	Avocado^c	Avocado^s
16:0	10.0	7.5	15.0	17.0	16.0
16:1	0.1	0.2	1.9	8.3	6.5
18:0	2.4	3.3	2.4	0.5	0.5
18:1	39.0	32.0	59.4	54.4	58.8
18:2	50.0	37.0	15.4	10.2	9.6
18:3	2.5	7.7	0.9	0.9	0.9

Values are expressed as mean of duplicate analysis. Avocado^c: avocado oil extracted by centrifugation, Avocado^s: avocado oil extracted by solvent.