Food Biochemistry and Food Processing (2 edition)

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512 Part 4: Milk

Table 26.10.Typical Fatty Acid (Percent of Total Fatty Acids) Composition in the Milk of Equid Species; Bovine and

Human Milk are Included for Comparison

Fatty Acid Common Name Equine Asinine Zebra Bovine Human

Saturates

C4:0 Butyric 0.09 0.60 3.90 0.19

C6:0 Caproic 0.24 1.22 2.50 0.15

C8:0 Caprylic 3.15 12.80 8.20 1.50 0.46

C10:0 Capric 6.48 18.65 15.30 3.20 1.03

C12:0 Lauric 6.65 10.67 9.20 3.60 4.40

C 13 i:0 0.22

C13:0 0.17 3.92 0.19 0.06

C 14 i:0 0.12 0.04

C14:0 Myristic 7.04 5.77 6.50 11.10 6.27

C 15 a:0 0.21

C 15 i:0 0.16 0.07

C15:0 Pentadecanoic 0.39 0.32 0.50 1.20 0.43

C 16 i:0 0.12 0.17

C16:0 Palmitic 20.43 11.47 13.30 27.90 22.00

C 17 i:0 0.31 0.20 0.23

C17:0 Margaric 0.38 0.22 0.60 0.58

C 18 i:0 0.11

C18:0 Stearic 1.18 1.12 2.00 12.20 8.06

C20:0 0.12 0.35 0.44

C21:0 0.04 0.13

C22:0 0.05 0.20 0.12

C24:0 0.14 0.25

Total 46.67 67.66 55.00 68.62 45.33

Monounsaurates

C10:1 1.46 2.20 0.15

C12:1 0.20 0.25 0.06

C14:1cn-5 Myristoleic 0.52 0.22 0.80 0.41

C14:1tn-5 0.07

C15:1 Pentadecanoic 0.22 0.30 0.11

C16:1cn-7 Palmitoleic 5.68 2.37 4.20 1.50 3.29

C16:1cn-9 0.56

C16:1tn-7 0.36

C17:1 Heptadecanoic 0.62 0.27 0.36 0.37

C18:1cn-9 Oleic 20.26 9.65 20.40 17.20 31.30

C18:1cn-11 1.31

C18:1tn-9 2.67

C18:1tn-11 Vaccenic 3.90

C20:1n-9 0.40 0.32 0.67

C20:1n-11 0.35

C22:1n-9 0.06 0.08

C24:1n-9 0.12

Total 31.23 15.31 24.65 24.65 39.45

Polyunsaturates

n-6 Series

C18:2cc Linoleic 10.10 8.15 16.04 1.40 10.85

C18:2 conj. Conjugated linoleic 0.07 1.10

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