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Table 3 Effect of krill oil on myocardial fatty acid composition 8 weeks after MI

From: Krill oil attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in rats

 

Control feed

Krill oil feed

 

Sham

MI

MI-nPT

MI-PT

 

μg FA/g tissue

Total FA

25240 ± 1342

24911 ± 3701

22585 ± 1912*

23935 ± 1205

 

wt.% of total FA

Palmitic acid

9.41 ± 0.25

11.07 ± 0.38##

11.72 ± 0.11***

11.78 ± 0.11***

EPA

0.18 ± 0.01

0.18 ± 0.01

1.58 ± 0.07***

1.75 ± 0.06***

DPA

2.04 ± 0.06

2.40 ± 0.09#

3.62 ± 0.08***

3.61 ± 0.08***

DHA

8.98 ± 0.41

10.6 ± 0.44#

16.06 ± 0.03***

15.77 ± 0.29***

AA

22.9 ± 0.42

23.77 ± 0.7#

17.16 ± 0.32***

14.37 ± 0.29***†††

SFA

30.4 ± 0.25

31.8 ± 0.16###

32.0 ± 0.17

31.3 ± 0.15

MUFA

8.03 ± 0.33

8.8 ± 0.77

8.36 ± 0.22

8.8 ± 0.18

PUFA n-3

11.62 ± 0.44

13.6 ± 0.44##

21.59 ± 0.27***

21.5 ± 0.31***

PUFA n-6

49.72 ± 0.59

45.6 ± 0.58###

37.89 ± 0.30***

38.2 ± 0.38***

PUFA n-3/n-6

0.24 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.01###

0.57 ± 0.01***

0.6 ± 0.01***

  1. MI, myocardial infarction; nPT, non-pretreated; PT, pretreated; wt.%, weight percent; FA, fatty acids; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; AA, arachidonic acid; SFA, saturated FA; MUFA, monounsaturated FA; PUFA, polyunsaturated FA. Values are mean ± SEM. #P ≤ 0.05 vs sham, ##P ≤ 0.01 vs sham, ###P ≤ 0.001 vs sham, *P ≤ 0.05 vs MI-control, ***P ≤ 0.001 vs MI-control, P ≤ 0.05 vs MI-nPT, †††P ≤ 0.001 vs MI-nPT.