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Table 2 Dietary fatty acids and lipid classes

From: Different sources of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids affects apparent digestibility, tissue deposition, and tissue oxidative stability in growing female rats

 

Treatments

Fatty Acids (mg FA/g Diet)1

CO

FO

KO

MO

SO

TO

n-3 PUFA

0.1 ± 0.01

14.6 ± 2.1

18.0 ± 4.6

7.7 ± 0.5

12.0 ± 0.8

5.6 ± 0.5

ALA (18:3n-3)

0.1 ± 0.01

14.6 ± 2.1

0.2 ± 0.04

0.2 ± 0.01

0.1 ± 0.01

0.1 ± 0.01

TG2

100

100

2.4 ± 0.1

100

100

100

PL2

ND

ND

1.8 ± 0.1

ND

ND

ND

EPA (20:5n-3)

ND

ND

13.2 ± 2.8

5.5 ± 0.4

10.0 ± 0.7

2.6 ± 0.3

TG2

ND

ND

20.9 ± 0.9

100

100

100

PL2

ND

ND

27.2 ± 0.7

ND

ND

ND

DHA (22:6n-3)

ND

ND

4.6 ± 1.9

2.0 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.2

TG2

ND

ND

11.1 ± 0.3

100

100

100

PL2

ND

ND

12.8 ± 0.5

ND

ND

ND

EPA/DHA

ND

ND

3:1

3:1

5:1

1:2

n-6 PUFA

6.4 ± 0.9

5.4 ± 0.80

0.5 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.1

LA (18:2n-6)

6.4 ± 0.9

5.4 ± 0.8

0.5 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.1

0.2 ± 0.03

TG2

100

100

6.9 ± 0.5

100

100

100

PL2

ND

ND

2.8 ± 0.03

ND

ND

ND

ARA (20:4n-6)

ND

ND

0.23 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.01

0.22 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.1

TG2

ND

ND

ND

100

100

100

PL2

ND

ND

1.4 ± 0.2

ND

ND

ND

n-6/n-3

73:1

1:3

1:33

1:48

1:23

1:12

  1. 1Values are expressed as mean (mg FA/g diet) ± SEM
  2. 2Values are expressed as mean (%) ± SEM
  3. Abbreviations are CO, corn oil; FO, flaxseed oil; KO, krill oil; MO, menhaden oil; SO, salmon oil; TO, tuna oil; TG, triglyceride; PL, phospholipid; ALA, α-linolenic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; LA, linoleic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; ND, not detectable.