About the Authors

Patricia L. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Tobias K. Karakach

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Deborah L. Currie

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Roger S. McLeod

rmcleod2@dal.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. CLA was provided by Cognis Nutrition and Health and produced by Natural Lipids (Hovdebygda, Norway). There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM RM. Performed the experiments: PM DC. Analyzed the data: PM TK RM. Wrote the paper: PM TK RM. Performed the principal component analysis: TK. Performed some of the metabolite analyses: DLC. Secured the funding: RSM.