Myristic acid is considered to be an atherogenic SFA (Keys et al., 1965), and according to Hegsted et al. (1965)it can quadruple cholesterol levels compared with palmitic acid(C16:0). Moreover, myristic acid is among the long-chain SFA whichaccelerate thrombus formation (Ulbricht and Southgate, 1991). Then-6/n-3 ratios recorded in this study (3.28–4.01) are satisfactory,considering that ratios over 4 are considered negative because theyincrease the risk of coronary diseases and the onset of cancers