Plasma fatty acid changes following consumption of dietary oils containing n-3, n-6, and n-9 fatty acids at different proportions: preliminary findings of the Canola Oil Multicenter Intervention Trial (COMIT)

Table 2 Fatty acid composition of dietary oils (%) ^a

Fatty acids	Canola	CanolaOleic	CanolaDHA (85:15)	FlaxSaff (60:40)	CornSaff (25:75)
c4:0	0	0	0	0	0
c6:0	0	0	0	0	0
c8:0	0	0	0	0	0
c10:0	0	0	0	0	0
c12:0	0.09	0.06	0.07	0	0
c14:0	0.07	0.07	0.78	0	0.01
c16:0	4.06	3.66	5.25	4.90	5.86
c17:0	0.07	0.09	0.17	0	0.02
c18:0	1.83	1.83	1.70	3.17	1.90
c20:0	0.65	0.65	0.57	0	0.11
C22:0	0.31	0.31	0.30	0	0
c24:0	0.18	0.18	0.15	0	0
Total SFA	7.26	6.85	8.99	8.07	7.90
c14:1	0	0	0.01	0	0
c16:1	0.25	0.22	0.21	0	0.03
c17:1	0.12	0.20	0.17	0	0
c18:1	58.61	71.47	63.25	17.86	17.60
c20:1	1.22	1.20	1.03	0	0.03
c22:1	0.05	0.07	0.06	0	0
Total MUFA	60.25	73.16	64.73	17.86	17.66
c18:2 n-6	19.54	14.74	12.74	37.47	69.34
c18:3 n-3	9.76	2.30	1.96	31.98	0.29
c20:4 n-6	0	0	0.06	0	0
c20:5 n-3	0	0	0.15	0	0
c22:5 n-3	0	0	2.36	0	0
c22:6 n-3	0	0	5.80	0	0
Total PUFA	29.30	17.04	23.07	69.45	69.63
Total n-6 PUFA	19.54	14.74	12.80	37.47	69.34
Total n-3 PUFA	9.76	2.30	10.27	31.98	0.29

^aThe values are % of total fatty acids. The daily 3000 kcal diet block contained 60 g of treatment oil. Canola, conventional canola oil; CanolaOleic, high oleic canola oil; CanolaDHA, high oleic canola and DHA oil blend; FlaxSaff, flax and safflower oil blend; CornSaff, corn and safflower oil blend; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.

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