Table 1

Fattyacids (%)	Control milk	Unfermented milk	Fermented milk
SCFA*	4.15 ± 0.04^a	4.44 ± 0.02^ab	4.40 ± 0.13^b
C4:0	2.61 ± 0.01^a	2.65 ± 0.02^a	2.61 ± 0.14^a
C6:0**	1.54 ± 0.04^a	1.79 ± 0.01^b	1.79 ± 0.01^b
MCFA*	11.61 ± 0.03^b	11.38 ± 0.11^a	11.26 ± 0.21^a
C8:0**	0.84 ± 0.01^a	1.17 ± 0.00^b	1.18 ± 0.01^b
C10:0**	3.12 ± 0.01^b	2.86 ± 0.02^a	2.90 ± 0.02^a
C12:0	3.75 ± 0.01^b	3.62 ± 0.06^a	3.68 ± 0.04^ab
C14:0**	0.69 ± 0.02^b	0.59 ± 0.00^b	0.29 ± 0.13^a
C14:1	1.03 ± 0.05^a	0.94 ± 0.00^a	0.99 ± 0.07^a
C15:0	1.72 ± 0.00^b	1.65 ± 0.02^a	1.66 ± 0.04^ab
LCFA*	84.14 ± 0.08^a	84.18 ± 0.10^a	84.34 ± 0.21^b
C16:0*	37.21 ± 0.06^ab	37.00 ± 0.10^a	37.40 ± 0.22^b
C16:1	0.61 ± 0.05^a	0.62 ± 0.00^a	0.63 ± 0.03^a
C17:0*	0.90 ± 0.00^a	0.92 ± 0.01^ab	0.95 ± 0.02^b
C18:0*	11.86 ± 0.05^c	11.52 ± 0.06^a	11.65 ± 0.07^b
C18:1*	26.90 ± 0.01^b	26.97 ± 0.01^b	26.46 ± 0.26^a
C18:2*	2.55 ± 0.02^c	2.35 ± 0.02^a	2.40 ± 0.02^b
C18:3**	0.21 ± 0.02^b	0.12 ± 0.00^a	0.11 ± 0.01^a
SFA**	65.00 ± 0.03^b	64.52 ± 0.13^a	64.84 ± 0.07^ab
MUFA*	31.10 ± 0.01^a	31.74 ± 0.13^b	31.27 ± 0.21^a
PUFA*	3.70 ± 0.03^b	3.75 ± 0.02^a	3.89 ± 0.05^b

Means (n = 6) ± standard deviations with different letters in the same line are significantly different at ** P≤ 0.01 or * P ≤ 0.05). Abbreviations: SCFA: short chain fatty acids; MCFA: medium chain fatty acids; LCFA: long chain fatty acids; SFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturatedfatty acids.

Table 1: Relative contents of the main fatty acids (%) in control milk, unfermented bifido milk and fermented bifido milk, 24 hours after preparation (D1).