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 3

Food intake, body weight, liver and perirenal fat tissue weight, and plasma lipid concentration in dams.

Group	SOD	SHD
Food intake
Pregnant period (g/19 days)	436±44.1	426±23.7
Nursing period (g/21 days)	897±12.6	911±28.7
Final body weight (g) (on day 21 after delivery)	306±20.7	302±21.4
Liver weight (g/100 g BW)	3.89±0.40	4.17±0.26
Perirenal fat tissue weight (g/100 g BW)	0.76±0.10	0.65±0.12
Plasma lipid concentration
Triacylglycerol (mg/mL)	83.0±17.0	106±54.8
T-Cholesterol (mg/mL)	61.6±11.6	60.1±6.8

Values are mean ± SD; 𝑛=5. Student’s t-test: significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.
T-Cholesterol: total cholesterol.
Pregnancy period: from day 3 of pregnancy to delivery (on day 21 of pregnancy).
Nursing period: from delivery to weaning (pups were weaned at day 21 after birth).