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Table 4 Fatty acid profile of myocardial phospholipid fractions

From: The role of dietary fatty acids in predicting myocardial structure in fat-fed rats

 

CON

SAT

SAT+PUFA6

SAT+PUFA3

p

16:0

10.40/.1632

7.67/.1118**

8.13/.1026

8.85/.1426

0.003

18:0

20.94/.0486

25.96/.1592**

25.21/.1392

24.47/.1712

0.003

18:1

8.10/.3686

7.40/.2512

4.24/.1463*

4.43/.1312

0.009

18:2

18.96/.8193

14.25/.3933

18.96/.4124

18.62/.7574

0.035

18:3

.1361/.0251

.1269/.0050

.0715/.0026

.4635/.0190++

0.010

20:4

26.15/.6430

29.85/.3703

24.22/.4919

19.13/.3994##

0.004

22:5

.4004/.0321

.3316/.0341

1.711/.1507

4.754/.1906##

0.004

22:6

2.416/.1158

2.910/.0752

8.557/.2385

14.27/1.387**

0.003

23:1

6.21/.705

5.50/.699

3.03/.426

0/0**#

0.004

  1. Data listed as mean/SE. CON, Control; SAT, 50% saturated fat; SAT+LA, 40% saturated fat + 10% n-6 PUFA; SAT + ALA, 40% saturated fat + 10% n-3 PUFA. *p < 0.05 compared to control; **p < 0.01 compared to control; #p < 0.05 compared to SAT;
  2. ## p < 0.01 compared to SAT; ++ p < 0.01 compared to SAT+PUFA6.