Measurement of 12 long-chain fatty acids and 10 sterols that can give information about host diet, digestion, metabolism, and gut health.
Sample requirements: 200 to 500 mg (wet weight) feces
Fecal Fatty Acids and Sterols
fatty acids
- myristic acid (14:0)
- palmitic acid (16:0)
- linoleic acid (18:2 n-6)
- α-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3)
- oleic acid (18:1 n-9)
- cis-vaccenic acid (18:1 n-7)
- stearic acid (18:0)
- arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6)
- gondoic acid(20:1 n-9)
- erucic acid (22:1 n-9)
- docosanoic acid (22:0)
- nervonic acid (24:1 n-9)
sterols
- coprostanol
- cholesterol
- cholestanol
- brassicasterol
- lathosterol
- campesterol
- stigmasterol
- fucosterol
- beta-sitosterol
- sitostanol