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Table 4 Fatty acid profile of the experimental diets

From: Alterations in neuronal morphology and synaptophysin expression in the rat brain as a result of changes in dietary n-6: n-3 fatty acid ratios

 

Group

Fatty acid

CTRL

LMO

MMO

HMO

Caprylic Acid (8:0)

0.70

0.10

0.17

0.13

Capric Acid (10:0)

0.87

0.37

0.13

0.09

Lauric Acid (12:0)

6.05

0.06

0.06

0.05

Myristic Acid (14:0)

4.66

1.03

1.26

2.82

Myristoleic Acid (14:1)

0.27

0.07

0.10

0.10

Pentadecanoic Acid (15:0)

0.27

0.14

0.14

0.25

cis Pentadecenoic Acid (15:1)

0.10

0.11

0.05

0.09

Palmitic Acid (16:0)

28.11

14.60

15.16

16.47

Palmitoleic Acid (16:1)

0.84

1.14

1.53

3.93

Stearic Acid (18:0)

6.77

3.96

4.18

4.84

Oleic Acid (18:1n-9)

29.59

30.10

20.35

26.85

Linoleic Acid (18:2n-6)

17.78

40.39

40.37

31.94

α-Linolenic Acid (18:3n-3)

0.28

0.38

0.37

0.27

Arachidic Acid (20:0)

1.51

2.08

2.09

2.39

Arachidonic Acid (20:4n-6)

0.15

0.60

0.13

0.29

Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3)

0.00

0.61

0.92

3.40

Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n-3)

0.00

0.56

0.65

3.59

Total SFA

50.19

24.54

24.43

27.98

Total MUFA

31.54

32.73

33.03

32.29

Total n-3 PUFA

0.28

1.56

1.94

7.26

Total n-6 PUFA

17.99

41.16

40.59

32.47

(n-6): (n-3)

65.09

26.45

22.56

4.47

  1. CTRL: control group, LMO: low menhaden oil, MMO: medium menhaden oil and HMO: high menhaden oil.
  2. SFA: sum of C8:0, C10, C12:0, C14:0, C15:0, C16:0, C18:0, C20:0.
  3. MUFA: sum of C14:1, C15:1, C16:1, C18:1.
  4. Total n-3PUFA: sum of C18:3n-3, C20:5n-3, C22:6n-3.
  5. Total n-6PUFA: sum of C18:2n-6, C20:4n-6.
  6. (n-6): (n-3): Total n-6PUFA (C18:2n-6, C20:4n-6): Total n-3PUFA (C18:3n-3, C20:5n-3, C22:6n-3).