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Table 2 Percentage of ALA in blood, liver, epididymal fat pad and prostate of Pten-knockout mice1

From: Dietary supplementation of α-linolenic acid induced conversion of n-3 LCPUFAs and reduced prostate cancer growth in a mouse model

 

Group3, %

Tissue

CON

L-ALA

H-ALA

EPA

n-3

n-6

blood

ND2,a

2.75 ± 0.29b

5.98 ± 0.80c

NDa

NDa

NDa

liver

NDa

3.24 ± 0.52b

10.7 ± 1.21c

0.22 ± 0.04a

0.17 ± 0.04a

0.06 ± 0.02a

epididymal fat pad

0.12 ± 0.01a

9.84 ± 0.29b

26.5 ± 0.27c

0.59 ± 0.02a

0.60 ± 0.05a

0.30 ± 0.03a

prostate

NDa

2.48 ± 0.56b

2.72 ± 0.47b

NDa

NDa

0.47 ± 0.07a

  1. 1Values are means ± SEMs (n = 6). Labeled means without a common letter differ, p < 0.05
  2. 2ND, not detected
  3. 3Data expressed as percentage of total fatty acids. L-ALA, low-ALA; H-ALA, high-ALA; CON, control