Effect of long-term aluminum feeding on lipid/phospholipid profiles of rat brain myelin

Table 2 Effect of long-term Al feeding on phospholipid composition of myelin membrane in the rat brain.

Phosoholipid Class	Phospholipid composition (% of total)		Change (%)
	Control(24)	Al-fed(18)
Lyso	5.85 ± 0.61	3.53 ± 0.28*	-39.7
SPM	9.29 ± 0.52	6.31 ± 0.38**	-32.1
PC	27.63 ± 1.51	26.12 ± 0.78	-5.5
PS	6.18 ± 0.78	3.28 ± 0.29*	-46.9
PI	8.96 ± 0.83	3.58 ± 0.46**	-57.7
PE	37.48 ± 1.00	55.20 ± 1.58**	+47.3
PA	5.33 ± 0.38	2.20 ± 0.33**	-58.7

Experimental details are as described in the text and in Table 1. Results are given as mean ± SEM of the number of observations indicated in the parentheses. ** p < 0.002, * p < 0.001.

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