A Moderate Zinc Deficiency Does Not Alter Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition in the Liver of Weanling Rats Fed Diets Rich in Cocoa Butter or Safflower Oil

Table 1

Fatty acid composition (mol/100 mol) of the experimental diets fed to weanling rats for 4 wk.

Fatty acids	CB diets	SF diets
Palmitic (16:0)	26.3	7.9
Palmitoleic (16:1)	0.2	0.1
Stearic (18:0)	29.0	2.3
Oleic (18:1n-9)	31.6	12.5
Linoleic (18:2n-6)	10.5	75.3
α-Linolenic (18:3n-3)	1.2	1.1
SFAs	56.4	10.7
MUFAs	31.9	12.9
PUFAs	11.7	76.4
PUFA/SFA ratio	0.21	7.14
n-6/n-3 ratio	8.8	68.5
Relative UI	0.57	1.67

Contain very long-chain SFAs.
Contain very long-chain MUFAs.
SFAs, saturated fatty acids; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs, polyunsaturated fatty acids; UI, unsaturation index.