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Table 1 Fatty acid composition in adult testis

From: Alteration of fatty acid metabolism in the liver, adipose tissue, and testis of male mice conceived through assisted reproductive technologies: fatty acid metabolism in ART mice

Adult testis

Control

COH

IVF

ICSI

c14:0

1.06 ± 0.30

1.07 ± 0.23

0.90 ± 0.21

1.75 ± 0.67**

c16:0

26.95 ± 3.59

28.15 ± 3.11

28.74 ± 3.04

26.02 ± 3.53

c18:0

6.73 ± 2.15

9.18 ± 3.67

6.00 ± 1.87

6.73 ± 2.19

c16:1n-7

3.83 ± 0.82

3.78 ± 0.54

3.56 ± 1.52

4.38 ± 1.57

c18:1n-1

0.05 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.03

0.04 ± 0.01

c18:1n-9

25.15 ± 2.76

21.70 ± 3.57

24.19 ± 4.90

24.24 ± 2.77

c18:2n-6

25.31 ± 5.15

21.91 ± 6.53

19.79 ± 6.44

27.03 ± 7.32

c20:2n-9

0.58 ± 0.18

0.39 ± 0.12*

0.39 ± 0.09

0.47 ± 0.13

c20:3n-6

0.61 ± 0.25

0.60 ± 0.14

0.70 ± 0.33

0.49 ± 0.22

c20:4n-6

4.14 ± 1.14

4.98 ± 1.50

5.79 ± 2.84

3.89 ± 1.89

c22:4n-7

0.61 ± 0.23

1.09 ± 0.33

1.19 ± 0.40*

0.63 ± 0.37

c22:6n-3

4.99 ± 2.21

7.11 ± 2.46

8.68 ± 4.67

4.33 ± 3.59

  1. The numbers reflect the percentages of total fatty acid methyl esters. The fatty acids whose content were more than 0.01% were shown in our data.*P < 0.05 vs. NC group; **P < 0.01 vs. NC group. Data are presented as the means ± SD.