Effects of Intake of Maternal Dietary Elaidic Acids during Pregnancy and Lactation on the Fatty Acid Composition of Plasma, Erythrocyte Membrane, and Brain in Rat Pups

Table 2

Fatty acid composition of soybean-oil diet (SOD) and shortening diet (SHD).

Fatty acid	SOD	SHD
	%wt	%wt
Saturated
12:0	n.d.	1.1
14:0	0.1	0.7
16:0	11.4	18.5
18:0	n.d.	6.1
20:0	0.4	0.3
Total	11.9	26.7
Monounsaturated
18:1	28.9	40.6
Total	28.9	40.6
Polyunsaturated
18:2 (n-6)	52.5	6.4
18:3 (n-3)	6.3	0.1
n-6/n-3	8.3	64
Trans fatty acid
18:1 trans	n.d.	25.3
18:2 (n-6) trans	n.d.	0.8
Total	n.d.	26.1
Unknown	0.4	0.8