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Table 6 Fatty acid composition (Least square means ± standard error of mean) of rumen liquor in goats fed different parts of Andrographis paniculata

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

Fatty acid (% of total FA)	Dietary treatments
Fatty acid (% of total FA)	Control	APL	APW	P value
C10:0	0.06 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.02	0.02⁺ ± 0.01	0.02
C12:0	8.55 ± 0.27	6.77⁺ ± 0.29	4.63⁺ ± 0.34	0.01
C14:0	8.86 ± 0.12	8.72 ± 0.17	6.15⁺ ± 0.16	0.01
C14:1	0.70 ± 0.01	0.78⁺ ± 0.03	0.70 ± 0.02	0.02
C15:0	0.61 ± 0.02	0.56 ± 0.02	0.62 ± 0.06	0.78
C15:1	0.27 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.04	0.09⁺ ± 0.02	0.01
C16:0	20.39 ± 0.18	20.41 ± 0.49	18.64 ± 1.09	0.33
C16:1	0.51 ± 0.08	0.76⁺ ± 0.10	0.83⁺ ± 0.08	0.04
C17:0	0.44 ± 0.01	0.41 ± 0.04	0.49 ± 0.13	0.11
C18:0	36.64 ± 0.55	32.73⁺ ± 0.57	27.01⁺ ± 1.34	0.01
C18:1n-9	3.53 ± 0.25	4.68 ± 0.89	6.61 ± 2.08	0.21
C18:1trans11	2.75 ± 0.12	3.26⁺ ± 0.37	2.65 ± 0.39	0.02
CLA cis-9 trans-11	0.45 ± 0.01	0.72⁺ ± 0.01	0.51 ± 0.05	0.01
C18:2n-6	1.39 ± 0.17	3.43⁺ ± 0.32	5.26⁺ 0.56	0.03
C18:3n-3	0.18 ± 0.01	0.51⁺ ± 0.04	0.81⁺ ± 0.43	0.01
∑SFA	78.56 ± 0.49	74.66 + 0.76	67.55⁺ 1.88	0.03
∑UFA	21.44 ± 0.49	25.34 ± 0.76	32.45⁺ ± 1.23	0.04
n6:n3	7.72 ± 0.45	7.31 ± 0.22	6.49⁺ ± 0.48	0.02

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 = (C14:1 + C16:1+ C18:1 + C18:2n-6 + C18:3n-3), n-6:n-3 = (C18:2n-6÷C18:3n-3)
⁺Differ from control (P < 0.05)

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