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Table 2 Lipid composition in diets

From: Opuntia cladode powders inhibit adipogenesis in 3 T3-F442A adipocytes and a high-fat-diet rat model by modifying metabolic parameters and favouring faecal fat excretion

Fat

Saturated

Unsaturated

Other

Safflower oil

10%

7% Palmitic acid (16:0)

3% Stearic acid (18:0)

89%

75% Linoleic acid (18:2 n-6)

14% Oleic acid (18:1 n-9)

1%

Lard (hog fat)

40%

27% Palmitic acid (16:0)

11% Stearic acid (18:0)

2% Myristic acid (14:0)

59%

44% Oleic acid (18:1 n-9)

11% linoleic acid (18:2 n-6)

4% palmitoleic acid (16:1 n-7)

1%