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 4

Fatty acid composition of stomach content in pups on day 8 after birth nursed by dams fed the soybean oil or shortening diet.

Fatty acid	SOD	SHD
Saturated	59.5±4.12	53.7±3.76
Monounsaturated	17.9±1.08	29.8±2.59^∗
18:1 trans	n.d.	11.6±1.03^∗∗
Polyunsaturated
n-6	20.8±3.32	3.83±0.57^∗∗
n-3	1.38±0.52	0.07±0.02^∗∗
n-6/n-3	15.1	54.7
Unknown	0.42	1.00

Values are means ± SD; 𝑛=5. Student’s t-test: ∗significantly different from the SOD group at 𝑃<0.05. ∗∗Significantly different from the SOD group at 𝑃<0.01.