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Table 3 Fatty acid profiling of mammary gland tissue treated with MNU and β-Sitosterol

From: Effect of β-sitosterol against methyl nitrosourea-induced mammary gland carcinoma in albino rats

S no.

Type of fatty acid

Control

MNU (47 mg/kg)

β-sitosterol (10 mg/kg)

β-sitosterol (20 mg/kg)

 

Name

Saturated

Unsaturated

1

C4:00

Butanoic acid

 

0.01

-

-

-

2

C6:00

Hexanoic acid

 

0.04

0.02

-

-

3

C8:00

Octanoic acid

 

0.80

0.44

0.36

0.31

4

C10:0

Decanoic acid

 

-

0.05

0.05

0.03

5

C11:0

Undecanoic acid

 

4.65

2.34

1.64

1.62

6

C12:0

Dodecanoic acid

 

18.08

10.47

7.94

6.92

7

C13:0

Tridecanoic acid

 

0.07

0.05

0.04

0.03

8

C14:0

Tetradecanoic acid

 

6.52

3.36

2.30

3.90

9

C14:1

 

Myristoleic acid(ω-3)

27.68

16.14

13.35

10.83

10

C15:0

Pentadecanoic acid

 

1.98

1.06

0.96

0.18

11

C17:1

Heptadecanoic acid

 

0.13

0.10

0.14

0.06

12

C18:0

Octadecanoic acid

 

0.01

0.00

0.07

0.08

13

C18:1

 

Oleic acid(ω-9)

0.00

0.03

0.01

0.03

14

C18:2

 

Linoleic acid (ω-6)

0.02

0.03

0.02

0.02

Total fatty acid

59.94

34.09

26.88

24.64

Saturated fatty acid

32.24

17.89

13.5

13.76

Unsaturated fatty acid

27.7

16.2

13.38

10.88