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. 2015 Jun 5;16(6):12871-90.
doi: 10.3390/ijms160612871.

Fatty Acids Composition of Vegetable Oils and Its Contribution to Dietary Energy Intake and Dependence of Cardiovascular Mortality on Dietary Intake of Fatty Acids

Jana Orsavova  1 , Ladislava Misurcova  2 , Jarmila Vavra Ambrozova  3 , Robert Vicha  4 , Jiri Mlcek  5
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Fatty Acids Composition of Vegetable Oils and Its Contribution to Dietary Energy Intake and Dependence of Cardiovascular Mortality on Dietary Intake of Fatty Acids

Jana Orsavova et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Characterizations of fatty acids composition in % of total methylester of fatty acids (FAMEs) of fourteen vegetable oils--safflower, grape, silybum marianum, hemp, sunflower, wheat germ, pumpkin seed, sesame, rice bran, almond, rapeseed, peanut, olive, and coconut oil--were obtained by using gas chromatography (GC). Saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), palmitic acid (C16:0; 4.6%-20.0%), oleic acid (C18:1; 6.2%-71.1%) and linoleic acid (C18:2; 1.6%-79%), respectively, were found predominant. The nutritional aspect of analyzed oils was evaluated by determination of the energy contribution of SFAs (19.4%-695.7% E(RDI)), PUFAs (10.6%-786.8% E(RDI)), n-3 FAs (4.4%-117.1% E(RDI)) and n-6 FAs (1.8%-959.2% E(RDI)), expressed in % E(RDI) of 1 g oil to energy recommended dietary intakes (E(RDI)) for total fat (E(RDI)--37.7 kJ/g). The significant relationship between the reported data of total fat, SFAs, MUFAs and PUFAs intakes (% E(RDI)) for adults and mortality caused by coronary heart diseases (CHD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in twelve countries has not been confirmed by Spearman's correlations.

Keywords: Spearman’s correlation; cardiovascular diseases; coronary heart diseases; fatty acids; vegetable oils.

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Figure 1
Oil amounts (g) needed to cover recommended energy daily intakes of SFAs and PUFAs calculated from their maximal recommended daily values (ERDI).
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Figure 2
Oil amounts (g) needed to cover recommended energy daily intakes of n-3 PUFAs and n-6 PUFAs calculated from their maximal recommended daily values (ERDI).
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Figure 3
Spearman’s correlations illustrating relationships between CHD and CVD mortality per 100,000 people and intakes (% ERDI) of total fat (A); SFAs (B); MUFAs 1 (C); PUFAs (D) and MUFAs 2 (E) in various countries. MUFAs 1 is correlation including all countries, whereas MUFAs 2 is created without data from Greece.
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