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Table 3 Diet fatty acid composition

From: Menhaden oil, but not safflower or soybean oil, aids in restoring the polyunsaturated fatty acid profile in the novel delta-6-desaturase null mouse

Fatty Acid

10% Safflower

10% Soy

3% fish + 7% safflower

 

n-6 (LA)

n-3 (ALA)

n-3 (HUFA)

14:0

0.2

0.2

2.6

16:0

6.3

10.8

10.4

16:1

0.1

0.2

3.2

18:0

2.6

4.3

3.0

18:1c9

14.6

21.1

12.2

18:1c11

0.7

1.5

1.4

18:2n6

73.6

52.8

53.7

18:3n6

0.0

0.0

0.1

18:3n3

0.2

6.9

0.6

18:4n3

0.0

0.0

1.1

20:0

0.4

0.4

0.4

20:1

0.1

0.3

0.2

20:2n6

0.0

0.0

0.2

20:3n6

0.1

0.0

0.1

20:4n6

0.0

0.0

0.4

20:3n3

0.0

0.0

0.1

20:5n3

0.0

0.0

3.9

22:0

0.3

0.6

0.4

22:1

0.1

0.2

0.1

22:4n6

0.0

0.0

0.1

22:5n6

0.0

0.0

0.2

22:5n3

0.0

0.1

0.8

24:0

0.2

0.2

0.1

22:6n3

0.0

0.0

4.0

24:1

0.0

0.0

0.3

sum

100%

100%

100%

  1. Data are the means of analysis in duplicate and represent percentage of total fatty acids in each diet.