Unsaturated Fatty Acids Supplementation Reduces Blood Lead Level in Rats

Table 1

Fatty acid content in the used ingredients.

Fatty acid profile	Olive oil (%)	Linseed oil (%)	Super lecithin (%)
C14:0	ND	ND	0.40
C14:1	ND	ND	0.16
C16:0	17.82	8.18	26.36
C16:1	1.23	ND	2.52
C17:0	0.16	ND	0.24
C18:0	6.47	7.54	14.05
C18:1	63.96	27.15	29.66
C18:2	8.43	17.16	13.08
C18:3	1.19	39.52	3.12
C20:2	0.23	0.29	0.18
C20:4	0.51	0.16	2.41
C20:5	ND	ND	0.58
C22:6	ND	ND	7.12
ω-3	1.19	39.52	10.82
ω-6	9.17	17.61	15.67
ω-6/ω-3	7.71	0.45	1.45
Saturated FA	24.45	15.72	41.05
Unsaturated FA	75.55	84.28	58.83
MUFA	65.19	27.15	32.34
PUFA	10.36	57.13	26.49

MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acids.
ND = not detected.