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Table 2 Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acid) of dietary treatments

From: Effects of dietary supplementation of leaves and whole plant of Andrographis paniculata on rumen fermentation, fatty acid composition and microbiota in goats

 

Dietary treatments

Fatty acid (%)

control

APL

APW

C10:0

0.41

1.11

0.99

C12:0

14.08

5.12

15.20

C14:0

6.90

5.98

5.63

C15:0

0.11

0.06

0.07

C16:0

18.21

17.50

17.42

C16:1

0.23

0.22

0.31

C17:0

0.27

0.19

0.19

C18:0

4.72

4.19

4.43

C18:1 n-9

24.06

24.09

24.05

C18:2 n-6

25.66

26.20

26.25

C18:3 n-3

5.55

5.65

5.49

∑SFA

44.70

44.15

43.93

∑USFA

55.50

55.94

56.07

n6:n3

4.62

4.63

4.78

  1. Control basal diet, APL basal diet +1.5% (w/w) Andrographis paniculata leaf powder, APW basal diet +1.5% (w/w) whole plant of Andrographis paniculata powder. ΣSFA = (C10:0 + C12:0 + C14:0 + C15:0 + C16:0 + C17:0 + C18:0), ΣUFA = (C16:1+ C18:1 + C18:2n-6 + C18:3n-3), n-6:n-3 = (C18:2n-6÷C18:3n-3)