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Table 4 Fatty acid pattern in liver triglycerides and phospholipids fractions

From: Hepatic steatosis in n-3 fatty acid depleted mice: focus on metabolic alterations related to tissue fatty acid composition

 

Triglycerides

Phospholipids

(μg/g liver)

CT

Low n-3

CT

Low n-3

C12:0

3.44 ± 3.34

7.88 ± 4.51

ND

ND

C14:0

130.7 ± 24.4

242.6 ± 34.3*

22.0 ± 0.9

20.6 ± 0.7

C16:0

4509 ± 360

10320 ± 1054*

4955 ± 77

4718 ± 220

C18:0

395.2 ± 128.1

587.4 ± 76.0

3255 ± 74

3984 ± 203*

C20:0

6.06 ± 3.39

21.7 ± 1.0*

20.9 ± 3.6

17.2 ± 0.5

C22:0

ND

ND

70.8 ± 15.5

98.9 ± 5.4*

C24:0

ND

ND

90.9 ± 5.9

105.5 ± 2.5

C16:1 n-7

895.2 ± 39.9

1302 ± 201

307.0 ± 20.4

176.9 ± 10.0*

C18:1 n-9

8188 ± 662

16780 ± 2151*

1828 ± 105

1860 ± 146

C20:1 n-9

140.7 ± 17.6

239.4 ± 24.2*

52.6 ± 5.3

39.7 ± 3.9

C18:3 n-3

ND

ND

ND

ND

C20:5 n-3

467.0 ± 9.0

ND

205.4 ± 21.4

ND

C22:3 n-3

ND

ND

ND

ND

C22:5 n-3

87.7 ± 24.4

ND

138.2 ± 7.2

36.0 ± 3.2*

C22:6 n-3

757.5 ± 121.4

50.5 ± 5.1*

4705 ± 132

675.2 ± 48.5*

C18:2 n-6

3540 ± 394

12414 ± 1563*

3644 ± 72

3859 ± 208

C18:3 n-6

58.2 ± 13.9

296.6 ± 64.1*

44.7 ± 4.9

63.0 ± 7.1

C20:2 n-6

41.6 ± 2.4

72.0 ± 5*

86.9 ± 9.6

34.3 ± 10.6*

C20:3 n-6

ND

ND

ND

ND

C20:4 n-6

271.0 ± 40.7

813.6 ± 204.3*

4581 ± 82

7665 ± 228*

C22:4 n-6

55.0 ± 6.4

142.9 ± 41.1

59.3 ± 3.7

169.9 ± 10.0*

  1. Data are mean ± SEM. *: means significantly different from the CT group (P < 0.05, Student t-test). n ≥ 8 per group.
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