Table 4 Ratios of FA in hepatic PL pools with a Δ9 double bond/equivalent FA without a Δ9 double bond. There was some evidence to indicate Δ9 desaturase activity may have been impaired, as explained in the text. Abbreviations: FA, fatty acid; PL, phospholipid; see Table 1 for additional abbreviations. Δ9 desaturase is also known as stearoyl-Coenzyme A desaturase (Scd1). Groups sharing a superscript in common are not statistically significant, ANOVA, P < 0.05.

16:1n7/

16:0

18:1n9/

18:0

16:1n7/

16:0

18:1n9/

18:0

16:1n7/

16:0

18:1n9/

18:0

16:1n7/

16:0

18:1n9/

18:0

18:1n9/

18:0

Control

0.03^b

0.18^b

0.05^c

1.27^b

0.04^c

0.09^b

0.04^c

0.49^c

0.50^b

FUNG

0.01^a

0.08^a

0.03^b

0.81^a

0.03^b

0.09^b

0.04^c

0.37^b

0.30^a

FISH

0.01^a

0.25^b

0.03^b

1.28^b

0.02^b

0.10^b

0.03^b

0.37^b

0.49^b

FUNG+ FISH

0.01^a

0.09^a

0.02^a

0.80^a

0.02^b

0.06^a

0.02^a

0.24^a

0.23^a